"كتيّب بلاد الرافدين. المجلد III. ١٩١٧" [‎٢‎٧‎٧] (٤٣٢/٢٨٦)

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EOUTE 44 c 277
Miles from
Baniyeh
Track broad and well defined over clay and shale, on W.
side of the valley, undulating over low spurs. Follow
stream in rocky bed 400-500 yds. to r.
Valley now |-1 m. wide. Wheat and vine cultivation.
Broad 20 ft. track.
Round a low mound.
Gurrawan, 50 houses, at the mouth of a rocky gorge
through which a large stream emerges. This runs up
3 m., and opens out laterally 3 m. each way, forming
the upper valley of Gurrawan, in which some villages
are seen high up the mountain, with cultivation and
vineyards.
Terraced cornfields and vineyards along the stream. Fruit
trees include pears, apricots, apples, plums, and mul
berries.
Opposite is the valley of Guillau. Through a narrow gorge
can be seen a huge basin, 3 m. in diameter, shut in by
a perpendicular wall of rock at the top.
Large stream through the gorge.
Broad track, 12-15 ft. wide, between low stone walls.
Remaining distances uncertain.
Cross a stream from craggy ravines to W. Alt. 3,180 ft.
Descend by a narrow 2-3 ft. ledge in the soft shale for r, m.
Through vineyards and cultivation. Track now 12-15 ft.
wide. Alt. 2,805 ft.
Bend 500 yds. to W., and cross a gorge from the SW.
similar to Gurrawan.
Stream cuts through a gorge m. long, bordered by cliffs
60 ft. high. Ascend spur to 1. through thinly wooded
country.
Stream emerges from s-orsre and enters a flat grassy valley
500-600 yds. wide.
Skirt foot of flat-topped spur forming a sort of barrier across
the valley: masonry watch-tower on the end of it, now
in ruins.
Bend 400 yds. to 1,, crossing a large stream from a gorge
to W., up which an elevated plateau is visible. At the
mouth of the gorge is Firkeari, 100 houses (alt. 2,500 ft.).
This point is given in the M as 13 m. beyond
Gurrawan, but the time is only 1 hr. 19 min. from
reaching that point.
Along stream-bank are terraces of orchards and vineyards.