'Military Report of the Nushki-Chagai-Western Sinjarani Country' [‎100r] (204/302)

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i mnre water could be obtained in
of the soil appears deaner wa Doubtless more pits tQ the east
Ithe^rfrom 3 feet to 4 .feefleepandthewater .^hese rema.ns
become silted up in a few hours by the act,on o the sa, J d - inted b the
A good many sandgrouse water here, but their
”a fine view is obtained of the northern slopes and precipices of the
^Noufad Baiuch encamp round the water, grazing camels.
The heat here in May is 115 ™ ie * ' { the nawar .
The best place for camping is to the eas the in
A few sheep and goats might be obtainable here
months. There are no other ^’PP 1 ' 63 -
Camel grazing .—Very abundant: s • grass could be collect-
Fodder .—A large amount of barsnok and vega grass c
ed in the vieinity and brought in.
Fuel .—Abundant : tagaz. T n rrm a signalling station was
A good district to collect camels 1^ ^^^9 ^ ^ d ? tance o[ one hour's
established on the grey hill, east
walk. (S«t Appendix V.) yRoome-Coraon.)
ilOHARGI RIVER— ., . .
Joining the Pangaki flows into the Chilgaz. na a.
tlORJIN DAMN OR HAM UN see God-1-Morjin.
V 10 RJIN KAUR— . . • : ng ^ the Dalbandin
A water-course in North-West ^ C j^ s ca ii e d the Bulo Kaur, and
district. In the upper part of i 13 sma n wa ter-courses from the
after receiving the drainage of nu pmo ti e s itself into a small hamun.
Gat-i-Barote and hills to the north, it empties
{Ahmad AH Khan.)
MUGHAL KAND—- •Acre* nf rock which is an
A small defile through a high but n ^ r . r0 Y T ^th-West Baluchistan. This
outlier of the main Kanuk range (y-'Z'- ^ a jj armS) there being
defile is about 2 miles long and is P r ^ notice. The most norther y
only one short and fairly easy grachent ^ ^ and lyin g abo ut 3
peak of this ridge is named Baiuchir.ad^d Khwarreh containing 2 feet
miles north of the road there is a w , ^hree hundred sheep and
of good water at 20 feet below surtace^ ^ daily wate red here,
fifty camels, which graze in the neig * c h 0 ked with sand, about
There is a second well at preset ( gLPbetween Kani and L mbai on
. mile nearer to the road Tins pass !.« betwee Umbaii Galur the
an alternative route from Nushki 0 , tbence to Safia and Shah
main route going from Kan 1 to az name 0 f the Mughal Kand ridge
Ismail. Maitland remarks that the real name ^ the h
to the north of the pass is ' Vas ha , a ran g e of hills, of which this
Nalaf. According to Peacocke, j„ ns0 [ volcanic action. They
ridge is a spur, are mctamorph.c and show s.gnso