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straight across the plain. In spring time a good many animals, cattles
sheep and goats are grazed on this plain, and, even if the grass appears
to be dry and parched up, appear to extract some nourishment from^t.
ere is a well called Gazachah a few paces to the south of the thana,
feeHn^WlT ‘tk 15 g °? d ' r The Watei ' is 15 feet fr0m the surface, 2*
feet in depth The supply of water is not sufficient for many animals
butt ere, p^nty of water fit for animals to drink at Padag propel
which is about a mile to the south, and on the plain to the east there are
occasional pools of water. The water of this plain seems to be generally
a depth of 4 feet. I wo new wells were dug in 1900, one of which has
a diameter of 10 feet and is furnished with! windlass and waterhfg
trough. A telegraph office was opened here in February ioot
Supplies. —Nil. 7 y
.Abundant; tagaz in abundance.
Camping-ground.—On the pat plain near the post is contracted and
commanded by sand-hills. From Padag a road leads north-west to
Lnagaj, a distance of 50 miles ; the first 30 miles over low sand-hills • a
detour to the west is necessary when the Lora Hamun is in flood.
\t\oome—Scudamore.)
PADAGI SPRING—
._ ^ s P r ^ nin th e bed of a nala about 600 yards on the Robat side of Make
(Muhammad Raza Chah). The spring is in the hills about 4^ miles from
the mouth of the nala } and its position is marked by a grove of about
20 padag trees. A supply of water sufficient for a party but somewhat
aperient issues from the bed. {Rose-Price )
PADAHA.—Lat. 28° 56'; Long. 6i° 23'; Kiev.
There are two Padahas on the Perso-Baluch frontier. One is situat
ed in the river-bed where the Ladis river debouches into the Mirjawa
plain and thenceforth becomes known as the Mirjawa river {q. v).
1 he other is situated at the northern junction of the Mirjawa and the
Dar-i-Giaban river. The word Padaha is a generic term meaning
Digar, i.e. t cultivable alluvial land in the bed of a river. [Webb-Ware.)
PADGIABAN—
Thirteen and-a-half miles from Chagai on the road to Duganan. In
1896 there were some small quantities of surface water, and plenty of
tamarisk. In 1898 a karez was opened out. This is a mere surface work-
ing, but capable of considerable development. {Walters — Webb- Ware.)
PAHALWAN LABUZAl.—Lat. 29° 40'; Long. 65° 44'; Kiev.
East of Fakir Muhammad well and about 2 miles south of Afghan-
Baluch boundary pillar No. 155.
PAHLAWANZAL—Lat. 29 0 27'; Long. 65° 56'; Elev.
One of the Baghak villages of the Nushki district.
PAHROD PASS.—Lat. 28° 56'; Long. 65° 23’; Elev.
A pass over the Shekh Ilussen range north of Kharan, traversed by
the Kharan-Nushki r ad.