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water here throughout the rains. Lackhu 

 reached about sixteenth mile, halt. Two harro 

 with five wells in one and four in the other. 

 Little water in the wells in January, enough to 

 fill casks. I was able to obtain about 250 

 gallons. Grurliati similar. Harro with wells 

 about three miles, south-west (dig). Same three 

 miles further west. (All the country round here 

 contains depressions which hold water in rains.) 

 From here there are two gafila routes, the most 

 used one is that to Lehelu. In March, all wells 

 were full and the harros half-filled with water. 

 Eight to ten karias were getting water from the 

 district in January. All had left except one 

 karia of Midgans when, I returned in March. 

 The water was reported to have been insuffi- 

 cient and the karias moved towards Lehelu in 

 February. The people said it was a bad year 

 for water. Lehelu about sixty miles south, 

 south-west. First march through similar ground 

 to that around Lakhu. Second march passes 

 through low hills, road gradually descending 

 all the way till the plain of Lehelu is reached. 

 Lehelu cultivated valley, water obtainable in 

 shallow wells in bed of river running through 



