| | | | 3 | 15 |Track meets telegraph line. | | | | 2½ | 17½ |Over rising ground. Extensive view | | |in all directions to the westward, | | |well-defined khor trending north- | | |west. Sparse bushes 2 to 3 feet | | |high, ground hard and sandy, | | |overlying coral. Track descends | | |again; then level ground. | | | Khor Asab | 7½ | 25 |Reached Khor Asab, which runs in | | |from the hills to the west; it is | | |called half-way to Tokar. Here a | | |track branches off to the left, | | |and leads to Teb. | | | | 6 | 31 |Mud huts in ruins. Track becomes | | |narrow and indistinct. Bush | | |thicker, 4 to 8 feet high. | | | | | |Surface shifting sand, with clay | | |patches. | | | | 8 | 39 |Crosses several small khors, | | |sometimes traces of water here. | | |Bush very thick. | | | Khor Tamai | 2 | 41 |Small pool of rainwater (at | | |certain seasons only). | | | Mamuria | 4 | 45 |Ruined Mamuria of Mumtaz Pasha—mud | | |house. Telegraph line crossed | | |three times since the 31st mile. | | |Bush becomes thicker. | | | Old Tokar | 5 | 50 |Old Tokar—in ruins. Broken ground | | |and thick bush. | | | _Abdulla Rai_ | 2 | 52 |Abdulla Rai Fort (fat loopholed | | |tower, with pointed roof), on an
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