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Four miles and two furlongs. — Bed of a river, or canal, covered with 

 coarse grass. 



Five miles and six furlongs. — Road up to this over an open plain, 

 but now passes for a short distance through a low jungle, but not 

 thick ; low rocky hills immediately on the left. 



Six miles and six furlongs. — Enter a low jungle, the road a little 

 cut up, a village about one and a half mile to the right. Country, a 

 plain covered with low jungle. 



Seven miles and four furlongs — Road a good deal cut up here, and 

 through a low tamarisk jungle; soil sandy, but generally hard. 



Seven miles and seven furlongs. — Pass a small canal, about four 

 feet deep, and the road then runs along a kind of bund. The country 

 is covered on both sides to a considerable distance with coarse grass. 

 Herds of cattle and several tattoos seen grazing. 



Eight miles and one furlong. — Leave the bund and cross a small 

 canal. The road along the bund is by no means good. Country 

 here has the appearance of having been divided into fields, and also of 

 being marshy in wet weather. 



Eight miles and two furlongs. — Pass the bed of a river, the banks 

 to the right very steep, bed hard at present; pools of water. 



Eight miles and four furlongs. — Village of Googah. 



Eight miles and seven furlongs. — A bund across the river. 



The village of Googah is of rather respectable appearance, and may 

 contain about 200 houses. The water is obtained from pools in the 

 bed of the river, which are at present about two and a half feet deep. 

 The river at the bund is forty paces wide. Above the bund, there is 

 also a pool, and wells have been dug, but the supply by this means 

 appears by no means plentiful. The water is drawn in several places 

 by wheels, from wells communicating with the river. A field of sugar 

 cane was observed on the banks of the river, and there are some clumps 

 of fine baubul trees. The ground about the village is covered in most 

 places with a low jungle, especially between it and the river. The site 

 of the village is very slightly raised. An oil-mill was seen at work, 

 and between twenty and thirty camels counted in the vicinity. No 

 supplies of grain were procurable, and the coarse grass is the only 

 forage. 



