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At mile 3 a small canal is crossed by a wooden bridge. At
mile a suitable site for a camping ground is passed at
Basatinah, and beyond it a creek, 4 yards broad by 3 feet deep,
is crossed by a bridge. For the next mile the track is over
marshy ground, a small creek, bridged, being crossed at mile
7. Between miles 7 and 8 the track crosses numerous dry
water cuts, which are crossed by earthen causeways. At
mile 8 a canal, 4 yards wide by 2 feet deep, is crossed by a
bridge. From here to mile 10, where a cree^: (3 yards broad
by 2 feet deep) is also crossed by a bridge, the track crosses
marshy ground. There is a site for a camping ground at Abu
Sidrah, opposite a clump of trees on the right bank.
6 ’AMARAH T.O., P.O. . 11 .—General direction of
— stage N.N.W. to mile
70 5, then N. The road
traverses an open grassy plain, intersected by numerous dry
water cuts, which, however, present no serious obstacle. The
only one which is bridged, is met just after leaving camp.
3 yards broad by 2 feet deep. At mile 4|- the road crosses
an unbridged canal cut, about 11 foot deep, which forms a
considerable obstacle in wet weather'. At mile 5 there is a
good site for a camping ground near Mulla Farman’s House.
Route No. 7.
Route Report from ’AMARAH to ALI GHARBI
by Land Route along Left Bank of TIGRIS,
April 1916.
62 miles. 5 stages.
Authorities.— 11 Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf;
Volume II, 1908.” “Field Notes—Mesopotamia,
1915.” Colonel C. G. Tribe, 41st Dogras, January;
Captain W. Everett, R.E., February; 2nd Lieute
nant A. Venables, I.A.R., February; Captain R. A.
Yearsley, 28th P.I., December.
The route is practicable throughout by all arms, except-