"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد II. ١٩١٧" [‎٣‎٦‎٤] (٥٤٢/٣٧٣)

364
LAND EOUTES
Miles from
Zobeir
90
95
100
Muteir tribe. Several good wells of drinking-water, and
several of salt water. Fuel is very scarce, as it has to be
brought in 15 m. Supplies include limited quantities of
certain vegetables and lucerne, also fowls, eggs, and
milk. Jahrah, which enjoys a dry and healthy climate,
is near the western extremity of the bay on which
Koweit is situated. It is a little more than a mile inland
from high-water mark. It is well built of sun-dried
bricks, and has a circumference of about 1-| m. There
are outlying patches of cultivation round the walls, and
many enclosures containing wheat, date-trees, lucerne,
tamarisk, &c., surrounded by mud walls from 2 to 3 ft.
thick and 8 to 10 ft. high. Most of these contain their
own wells, the water of which is, as a rule, only good
for irrigation. There is an old fort in disrepair on the
NW. frontage of the village, as well as a new one, built
by the present sheikh (1915), clear of the SE. end of the
village. Jahrah stands in an open plain of sand sprinkled
with camel-grazing ; the desert rises gradually from the
village towards the W. and SW. 1 m. to the N. of
the village is a plain called Moreitibeh, on which
Bedouin camp in the hot weather; it has many wells
containing water at a depth of 12 ft.
General direction of route to Koweit about E., making a
detour to S. round the curve of a bay. The ground is
fairly firm. Eoute crosses slight, almost imperceptible
undulations running at right angles to the road. Wells
called Gartameh, Qulban Yasln, and Megkarreh, lie on
the N., and others called Kijam el-Hoseh, Soleiblyeh, and
Jedudiyeh on the S. of the route.
A route goes from Jahrah to Koweit, following the line of
these southern wells.
Koad now begins to skirt the S. shore of Koweit Bay.
Going from here to Koweit soft and heavy owing to sand.
Koweit.