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•Route No. 21 — concld.
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From mile 4^ the Birs Nimrud, mound and ruins are visible,
■first to the right front, and then to the front.
For Hillah, see Route No. 22.
Route No. 22.
From BAGHDAD to HILLAH.
62 miles. 4 Stages.
Authorities .—Major Newmarch, Marcli 1905.
Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.
Epitome.
General Description .—A road, unmade but fit for driving,
.along which public conveyances ply daily. Beyond the point
where this road separates from the Karbala road the track is
not so well marked. Its character as far as Babylon (mile 56)
resembles that of the Karbala route up to Musaiyib, for the
country crossed is, apart from a few minor canals and some
sporadic cultivation, merely a dry desert of clay. From Baby
lon onwards it runs through cultivated country and along the
edge of vast date plantations. A double line of telegraph
accompanies the road the whole way from Baghdad to Hillah.
Water .—Plentiful from canals and water-holes.
Fuel and Fodder .—Firewood is plentiful at all stages, and
there is good camel-grazing throughout.
Supplies .—Except firewood, there are practically nil, en
route.
No. of stage
and total
Details.
distance.
1 MAHMUDIYAH . . 21.—(See Route No. 23.)