"الطرق في بلاد فارس" [‎٧‎٣] (٨٥٢/١٠٦)

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Route No. 22—contd.
For the remainder of this route, see Route No. 15.
Water. —Fair and abundant at stage 1. Usually none at 2.
None at 3" and 4. Unreliable at 5 ; should, however, a flood
occur in the spring, water may be obtained at Riqa'i throughout
the whole of the following summer. See Route No. 15.
Fuel. —Very scarce at 1. Plentiful in the Shaqq valley,
stage 2. Good hamdh bushes throughout 3. Poor during 4 and
5, but ample at Riqa i, and all along the Batin.
Fodder. —Limited at 1 ; good at 2 and throughout 3 ; poor
between 3 and 5.
Supplies. —Very limited at 1 ; elsewhere nil. At 1, some
vegetables and lucerne are procurable; also very limited quanti
ties of eggs and milk. There are a few fowls ; and the livestock
consists of sheep and goats and some cattle. There are about 30
or 40 donkeys.
No. of stage i
and total i Details,
distance. ;
KUWAIT. .. See Route No. 8.
1 JAHRAH .. 20 m. For half the way the
road skirts the south
20 m. shore of Kuwait Bay,
and owing to sand is heavy going for the first five miles. During
the second half the ground is firm but undulating. There are
wells at intervals along both sides of the route. At Jahrah t v cre
are numerous wells, and drinking water of fair quality is obtain
able from certain of those situated one mile from the fort to the
south-west. Supplies are very limited. Lucerne and certam
vegetables are procurable; also fowls, eggs, and milk. Fuel is
very scarce. The livestock comprises sheep and goats, a few
cattle, 30 to 40 donkeys, and camels from the Bedouins.
The permanent population of Jahrah is about 500 souls,
there being 86 huts ; but in the hot season there are sometimes
six or seven times that number of inhabitants.
2 KHABRAT-AL- .. 20 m. Before leaving the
FIRAQ Jahrah district Khab-
40 m. rat-al-Ba'al is passei