'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎135] (302/524)

PORTION OF THE PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
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season, have caused great discontent all down the coast from here to
Rohillah. Some of the cultivators have fled the country, while others
have turned marauders, creating disturbances everywhere.
March \§th .—Mounted at 6-15 a. m. and rode SE. by a well-
beaten track through a barren sandy plain impregnated with salt.
At 7-4 the ground suddenly rose a little, and the character of the
plain entirely changed. It became covered with grass. Here a road
ran off SE. by E. towards the base of the remarkable hill, where we
could see a circle of villages and a few date trees. Our direction now
changed to SSE.
At 7-50 we passed through a few patches of cultivation and within
three quarters of a mile of the village of Boheerat, One mile further on
we forded a large and deep nullah, and still passing through cultivation.
At 9 a. m. we came to the village of Leeletce. This consists of
about six brick-built houses with a few trees. The com here is very
much in want of rain, it is short and thin and just coming into ear.
On nearing Kellah Hussar the plain became broken with small
mounds, some of light grey sandstone and others covered with grass ;
and in the hollows there were small fields of barley. Here we saw
many herds of gazelle and a few quail.
10-30 a. m. arrived at Kellah Hussar.
This is a simple square of four mud walls enclosing a few huts, and
on a mound close by is an Imam with a small dome.
There are four wells of good water about one hundred yards West of
the enclosure.
We had intended halting here for the day, but as there had been
fighting near, and disturbances at the place, and as the Kedkhoda was
abroad, the Resident deemed it advisable to push on.
10-45.—Mounted again, direction still SSE. Immediately South of
the fort w r e forded a large deep nullah with salt-water in it, and now
the style of country became quite altered. On either hand running in the
same direction in which we rode was a range of sandstone about one
hundred and fifty feet high, and enclosing a long basin of alluvial
deposit about two miles wide. Our road lay through this basin.
At 11 a. m. w r e passed an attempt at a garden with a few date and
fig trees and one well. The cultivation here ceased. About one mile