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R oute N o. 198 — condd.
Imam 'Abdullah, is passed on a mound a mile and half to the
south ; a stream flows midway between it and the r0 ^-
are several springs and streams passed in this dip, all bra k
and unfit to drink, and the ground is thickly eQvered vath sail
incrustations. The only form of vegetation is a few '
At 24 a miles a few scattered fields of barley are reached as
town is "wroachcd. At 27 miles is the village of Mandah
situated in a large patch of date gardens. It is surrounded y
ttete hi walled gardens. The trees and garden enelosures are of
the same kind as in Baladruz but far more extensive. Ihe
houses are huilt largely of mud or sun-dried bricks and ^
closure walls are in nearly every case built of mud. M ] an ^ 1 '
on ground sloping to the southward, and is amply supplied
good water which is brought by a canal taken oil i ™ m t ^ e
rivoi- it a distance of about 3 miles to the north-east of the
town ' This canal divides into three branches of which one turns
Northwards without entering the town and is lost in the desert
about six miles to the north of Mandah. This branch is almos
parallel to the branch from Kifri. The other two branches pass
through the town and bifurcate in various directions on the way.
The supplies available at Mandali are of the same kind as those
available at Baladruz but about treble the
ample water in the Gangir river all the year round The stream
is very rapid near Mandall, about 5 miles an hour, and the
wn+Pr is about 2h feet deep and 60 feet wide at the end ot
February' The banks are gently shelving and the bottom is
pebbly. At the time when the snows have begun to melt
the stream is probably much larger.
ROUTE No. 199.
F rom BAGHDAD to MANDALI {via B uhrtz).
791 ™ties. 4 sta 9 es -
Authority and date. —Maunsell, 1888.
Epitome,
See Uoute No. 198.