1843.] From Googah to Gar ah. 51 



Ten miles and five furlongs. — Dry rocky bed of a torrent flowing 

 from some low hills, on the right. The Garrah creek close on the left, 

 water salt. 



Eleven miles and three furlongs. — Road descends into the bed of the 

 creek, and runs along the edge about three furlongs ; it then passes 

 through a rocky opening, and approaches the village of Garrah. The 

 country appears quite a desert, sand hills crowned with low jungle, and 

 no appearance of cultivation. During the whole march no travellers of 

 any kind were seen, and the guide apparently left the road of the mis- 

 sion, and took a short cut across the country. Two wells mentioned 

 in Captain Maxfield's route were not seen. 



Twelve miles and eleven furlongs. — Garrah contains about 300 

 houses and fifteen or twenty banyan's shops; gram, bajeree and wheat 

 are procurable, and also forage brought from Mulleer. The water is sup- 

 plied from wells within some enclosures, about three furlongs to the 

 right of the village, but is by no means good, five were counted. They 

 are about six feet deep, from two to five feet in diameter, and have 

 about one and a quarter feet of water, consequently could only be suf- 

 ficient for a very small body of men ; no other water could be found in 

 the vicinity. The creek is navigated by small boats ; it is nearly dry 

 at low water, but it is said to be ten or fifteen feet deep at high water 

 spring tides. Large boats are now prohibited sailing from Garrah. 

 Kurrachee may be reached by water in two days. The gram and 

 wheat sold in Garrah is said to be brought from Sehwan, it is in itself 

 utterly destitute of all supplies, being situated in a desert. 



From Garrah to Peepree River. 



One mile — Dry bed of a river, road hard and good, but winding 

 among hillocks of sand covered with low bushes, some low hills on 

 the right near the road. 



Two miles and four furlongs Road up to this very good, but 



is here a little broken ; country, sand hills covered with low bushes. 



Two miles and seven furlongs. — A slight rise in the country, 

 which is covered with milk bushes, road good. 



Three miles and four furlongs. — Bumbhora on the left, about quarter 

 of a mile distant. Bumbhora is a low hill covered with milk bushes, and 

 can hardly be distinguished in coming from Garrah, from the ground 



