'File 26/133 (F 78) Khor Musa' [‎51r] (111/234)

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9. a» Khor Voreik, *hidh lm6o to maArm, lo asjoended
the water (Whl^ in the Khor um ha» n d^Bolty of ia f
the.t, ot ordinary tiea v/ator bolnp: lf>) gradually "boooiaee
freolter, md the nature ol^ the lonfi an either }r\rik changes
with It from salt ssmnnsi to oultlvatod said mature lande*
At about 15 wlleo fro^ anehorafte (t?)f or reu^ily IS sllee
below Bealya the water lo tfiilte freatif md fron testn
a^llad on 1x>ard ahl-n seen© to be r>raetlc«lly of the narne
f^ood (Quality of the {cam river wet^«r» 'ihlc freeh rater as
conec fron the Jerahl river which rice® In the inountalne
at siorwi distance and cocr^cnde Itself In the Ae»^rt # ?[hor
Dorab belnf? one of the nlaoes where It doee eo* lit© rmtn
steaia of the Jerahl Is about two miles fron Besslya# ^e
did not rlalt It# Xt would thus be easy to brlni? a »ooa
watoi>-©*inrjiy fron the Jerehi river down to any enot In the
schor Xisa, and land heinft everywhere flrt mA easily worked.
Beaiya Is the head ot dfoow wwlflBtlen, end lo a small
village otherwise unin^crt«nt» itie tidal range la about six
feet at this place.
3iare Is no toim of !>or©k t whlcfr Is the name gtvm to
the tihole of this district^ the o^lef torn of Which Is
Fell«hl®a| situated or. the ^enihl f but the preolse position
of which we oould not ascertain*
10♦ Havlni? desesnvled Kher imsa to anchorage (1), the
"Hphlnac* next proceed up ^hor Mrhader, the flannel leading
to the nort-vest, as fnr as anehora^e (?")•
This Kher Is m&t navigable to this position for sny
drauj^it ships, but would be toe narrow for turning long shlws
In*
At snchorafte and nearly all the «ray up this ^hor
the bssn^ In stGm tc t to na^, on eacdi side, and near
the head as shosn on the plan the water Is nearly fresh,
ow*ng to various nrml2 streams that run Into It, but the
country around Is quite uninhabited* This ithor Is probably
In connection with what Is !nio^n as the ^nllnd rarun*.
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