'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎111] (153/733)

SOU AT—OJAIR 110UTE TO UOOFOOf. 111
ships near TUhoot, a considerable and ^^^^'"/^e'Ter'The
Kateef, from which it is separatee ^ Supplied, is oulside the town.
bazar, which appears substantial, and w - ^ nant j 0 pp, 1841.)
Good water is everywhere most abmidant .-(Lieutena ,
Soil At.
A good .tod with . ton,
I9 ' w
O jai R'
Situated within a tew y atd3 f^
creek or bay, forty-five miles south of th « f ^ m \ he south ern
Munama and Muharag), but on y olu : f h -vvahabee
end of the island of WaS '^ a custom house
power, the port of Nnjd, but now me ^ Jt how ever, the
and small fort, with but few in ^ a ' | ntan S . f w i t h which some
most direct route to Lahsa, and the —^ and it W ould
traffic is still carried on by means o rendezvous for an army
appear to be the most de-mble pomt of rejde^o^ ^
invading Bahrein, from the > e ence e.s procurable at a short
it is only fourteen miles removed very P lentiful.-(Lieu-
distanee from the fort in sand-pits, but is not ^ y 1
tenant Edmunds, 1839.)
LIEUTENANT JOPFS ROUTE, IN NOVEMBER 1841,
FROM
OJAIU TO HOOFOOF.
Miles. Furls.
13 4
First Day's March.
From Ojair to ^"qlreforrlftuTted vvithio a few yards
houses or buildings at jair. o ( , 00tl water ; s p r0 -
toms, With fifteen or twenty me ^ j P san i its . Immediately on
curable at a short istance from the , ^ ^ ^ ^ of
leaving Ojair you enter ' ® eS d ' Thcre is undulating ground the
the road is over very heavy san .
whole way to the water-pits, where we halted for