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karounja. lu the shops of the vendors of small wares I 

 found these seeds set in metal, and sold to be worn as a charm 

 against the e\dl eye. These are largely imported into the 

 country from the south. 



Calligonum comosum, L'Herit. Polygonace.e. 



The glass-wort tree, pog, phog. A common shrub in 

 Baluchistan, valuable for its fodder, which is much eaten by 

 camels, sheep, and goats. 



Calligonum, -spedes. Polygoxacej;. 



Herbarmm specimen Xo. 1104, collected during May and 

 July 1885. Called handak and bandukai, from the numerous 

 corky joints it has on its stem and branches. 



Camel — shuthar, shiitar; uch (Baluchi). 



The chief means of transport for the Commission from 

 Quetta to Bala-morghab were camels, varying in form from 

 the thm racer-like, rapid walking animal, to the great coarse, 

 thick set, weight carrier ; with an occasional Bactrian, the 

 Turkistan double-humped animal, — all \'icious lazy brutes ; 

 but certainly they received neither sympathy, kind treatment, 

 nor good food to aid in improving their tempers. Owing to 

 the great rapidity of our marches, our transport animals had 

 to be fed on barley and crushed straw, as there was no time 

 to permit of them being allowed to graze, except when we 

 made halts. Had they been permitted to graze, they would 

 have found abundance and varied fodder along the whole of 

 our route, consisting of shrubs of Prosopis, Tamaeix, Calli- 

 GONUii, Haloxylox, Alhagi, Populus, Salsola, and Ana- 

 basis. In fact our route lay through a country extremely well 

 adapted for camels, both as regards conditions of country and 

 its capability for supplying fodder. The nomad tribes possess 

 large numbers of camels, which are chiefly employed in the 

 transport of their tents and households, as well as in the 

 conveyance of the merchandise of the country. The hair of 

 these animals is collected at certain seasons of the year when 

 it is falling off and made into a fine valuable camlet, of 

 which much is exported to the various countries surrounding, 

 the finest cloth being eagerly sought after by the better 

 classes in Persia. 



