'Routes in Arabia' [‎710] (741/852)

710
R oute N o. IXl—ronrf.
No. of stage,
and total [
distance j
and timo. |
Detalis.
BAGHDAD .. .. *§ e c Route Xo. I,
Baghdad to Kerbela.
1 BANI ]8ra - General direction
TT" l A U A A v ^ AURT A north -north - easterly
900 ^ stage 1, Route No.
200, Baghdad to Khaniqin.
BUHRIZ .. Hi m . General direction
0(n ^ north-north-easterly.
2 m j - j T-. , ^ or the first 6 miles of
the road, vide Route No. 200, Baghdad to Khaniqm. Here the
mam road and the telegraph are left, which go on in the direc
on of Ba qubah and the route starts off across an open plain
over which an indistinct track winds. At 10 miles the bod of
an old canal is crossed. At lOJ miles a sudden di^ln the plain
tox r th r yalah r ver herc is about a * mne
to the south the river making a sharp bend. The road crosses
a hollow said to be the ancient bed of the river, in which there
.. water m tagh flood,. At 1 U m i|„ s the river'bank istaeLd
hstream is about 150 yards wide with a moderate current
It runs u. a deep bed sunk 25 to 30 feet below the general level of
the plain with steep earth banks. The ferrv at the timo r.f tu
report consisted of an old ^
ma s Buhnz .s reached at 11} miles, and is a place of about
400 houses on the left bank of the stream. There are two
cammmemu, and a small but well supplied W in which e'aln
and dates, etc. arc procurable in abundance and fruit in autumn
Water ,rom th< ' riv< - r -
3 BALADRUZ .. 23 m, General direction
521 m easterly. Leaving the
at first'skirts .he Kahr Khorasan
.do channels emerging from it. The 'track Sften to twelve
feet wide through barley and wheat fields. Good clover and
grass on th, waste land. The canals arc m, stly four fit wi5c