'Military Report of the Nushki-Chagai-Western Sinjarani Country' [‎78r] (160/302)

m pa«;ilv be constructed along the line of this route, the
„ A T lfiTe urestnting little difficulty. The^mbai defile would be less
s K utoble for a railway, as the drift sand there encountered would be a
“SL'^rb^ncW^r^ce an" goes in a south-westerly
l*« a cocke of the Afghan
Boundary Commission of the water-supp y m and near this place.
Thpre are eight wells distributed as follows . . . j t-u
m At Kani—four wells of 3 to 5 feet diameter, containing a depth of
l ) water of afto 3 feet. Water 25 feet below surface Are sa.d
to refill every twelve hours. Any individual well actually does
refill in six hours. At date, one of these wells is tainted by a
new tamarisk lining, and could only be used for animals.
It is however, included in total.
uis, nowcv , Total, 4 wells—1,092 gallons.
(11) ^loVfeet square?wi^a ^pthof^ter^Teet. Water fo feet
beloYV surface. Total, 3 wells— 75 ° gallons. <
(HI) At a point three-quarter mile to west, one well feet in
diameter, with depth of water io feet. g llons<
Water a' S* below surface. gallons.
Four additional wells have been sunk, which if the same as the first
^ 0 The°existence of'setrera, 8 r^fne^weHs^do^^by^ wmild ^
rrtSa PP oAt“b: a u P riug e Kani U hill towards north'and east would
favour a natural collection of water t ere. u De( j up about the foot
A succession of high ridges of c n » Considerable portions
of Kani hill, renders the road heavy for * ™ le an 5 ° o n f S the first F 3 miles
also of the last 6 miles before reaching ^ p crus t {shora) with
after leaving it, are rendered heavy by the hollow cr t
which the ground is of perma „ e nt inhabitants who cultivate
There are four or five lamilies o H f ew temporary settle-
a few acres of cereals after the rain, r a f ew fl oc ks of sheep,
ments of nomad Mengal Brahms poss ^ t t ^ ree hundred sheep,
goats, and camels. In this place ^hereae^utthree ^
These Brahuis import their grain The soi? set-
the neighbourhood of this rout ® . r { ° m J d is we ll suited for agriculture,
ting aside the danger from drift sand, is we
[Peacocke.) , . . i, _ n i v ooen. This was about
On our arrival (1896) found one £ tv F 0 ot b er wells open but
2o feet deep, containing 5 feet of g ’ j and tamarisk bushes ;
purposely choked by nomads wi ‘ ogs ater These we cleared
both these are about 25 feet deep vw 2 ■ t b cv contained. Six hours
out and completely emptied of the foul water hey con^n had
afterwards [hey contained 2 feet sweet water, ^otn^^ a little
become completely filled up and no r , , jp (west). {Walters.)
mulla grass obtainable in the direction of the hills (west, v