CHAPTER III 



THE KHAIRPUR STATE, KOT JUBO REGION. 



.Introductory, 



It has been already explained that those dhands which lie east 



of Kot Jubo are maintained by the sim or 

 percolating water which escapes from beneath 

 the two great sand-plateaux or dra-ins, named the Pur Chandar and 

 the Sano-i dra-in respectively. The belt of country covered by 

 bhit and tali lying between these two dra-ins contains the majority 

 of the dhands, and it is with this belt that our description must 

 commence. It will be convenient to travel over this belt from south 

 to north, and then to describe the outlying dhands. Here again the 

 dhands fall into two sections, viz., A. Dhands lying between the two 

 great dra-ins, and B. Dhands on the outer margins of the dra-ins. 

 I visited this area in company with Mr. E. L. Thurley, and 

 spent three days from January 14th to 16th there. In this brief 

 time, I was unable to visit all the dhands, but I succeeded in obtain- 

 ing specimens from the more distant ones through the assistance of 

 Mr. Mahommed Khan, who sent off messengers with bottles to be 

 filled w r ith the bitterns. 



Two lists of the producing dhands of the Kot Jubo region are 



in my possession. One list dating from 1899 



Producing dhavd* of Avas obtained from an old file on chaniho in 

 1899, compared with .- . r -»*• mi i mi • ■< . 



those of 1918. the possession of Mr. I hurley, I his list gives 



also the percentage of NaCl in the chaniho of 



each dhand. I add to the list a statement of the present state of 



each dhand, i.e., whether dry, producing, or containing excessive 



water. The second list is that given by the Vazir, already mentioned. 



The earlier list is reproduced below : — 



Namo of dhand. 



Percentage 

 of NaCl. 



Present condition (191$). 



1. Rojcwaro ..... 



2. Abdul Rahim .... 

 ?. Letan Abdul Rahim . 



5 

 9 

 3 



Dry. 



Produced 200 maunds 1918-19. 



Dry. 



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