A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán eBook

Harry de Windt
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 225 pages of information about A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán.

A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán eBook

Harry de Windt
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 225 pages of information about A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán.
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Sonmiani.... | | Small sea-port town. 
                                                      Water abundant,
                                                      but brackish. 
          
                                            Fodder and
          
                                            supplies
          
                                            procurable.

Shekh-Raj.... | 18 | Road fairly good. 
                                                      Water sweet and
          
                                            plentiful.

Outhal......            |   14   |       Road stony and undulating;
crossed dry bed
of river Purali. 
Well of brackish
water.

Shekron-ka-Got | 22 | Road sandy.  Passed several
                                                      salt marshes. 
                                                      No water.

Beila.......            |   24   |       Road good through rich
alluvial land
irrigated  by
river Purali. 
Road near to
Beila intersected
by deep nullahs
distressing to
camels.  Water
plentiful; supplies
procurable.
Lakh........            |   18   |       Road good and level
till Pass of Lakh,
which is steep
and extremely
difficult.  Water
usually procurable,
though very
brackish. 
Forage for horse
and camel a
mile distant.
Natchi......          |  19 |            Road stony and
difficult, through
country irrigated
(in wet season)
by river Lakh.  A
small grazing
ground midway,
frequented by
nomads.  Water
uncertain.  Forage
(for camel only)
plentiful.

Lar-Anderi ... | 20 | Road along dry river
                                                      bed about three
          
                                            hundred yards wide
                                                      (name unknown), for
                                                      about five miles.  Then
                                                      over Plain of Arrah,
          
                                            sparsely cultivated. 
                                                      At end of stage
          
                                            crossed river
          
                                            Lar-Anderi, a
                                                      broad but shallow
          
                                            stream about sixty
                                                      yards wide, seldom
                                                      dry.  Good water
                                                      from

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