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JUGDULLUCK TO SOORKHAB. 



Saccharoid grasses, Stipa common, Polypogon, Donax, Dracocephala 

 of Quettah and the Bolan pass, Spireaea, Typha, young Tamarisks. 



Chakor, large vulture, ravens ; a woodcock rose from a dripping 

 rock, covered with a tropical Andropogon in dense patches. Adiantum, 

 Rubus, Erythrea, Labiatse two, common ; Salix. 



The gorge appears to be a distinct formation of sandstone, slate, 

 and limestone : on the way to it, we continued over the sand and 

 conglomerate hills, which again recur at Jugdulluck, with plenty of 

 Holly. 



The Sofaid-Koh is visible from the main ridge: it is a ridge run- 

 ning perhaps SW. to NE., tolerably covered with snow, as barren as 

 any others : a few fir trees are found in the direction of Tazeen : are 

 these confined to the sandstone formation ? little grass, a few rice 

 fields, bad forage. 



Sandstone or conglomerate. 

 Ilex . • • . Ilex. 

 Thymelaea . 



. . . . very stony. 



Bar. 25-1*. '. 



Barikab . . . Andropogon, 



Tamarisk, Xanthoxylon, . . Bar. 25 04. 



• . . Donax. Terebinthacea, • Jugdulluck. 



Artemisiae. ■ . . Stony Ephedra, . . ■ 



Senecionoides. • • . ■ . ... 



. . . Gorge . . . 



12th. — Halted at Jugdulluck. Small partridges are common : 

 observed a curious Certhioid creeper, whose flight is like that of the 

 Hoopoe ; it is scandent over rocks. 



13th. — To Soorkhab, twelve and a half miles over a similar coun- 

 try : region of Hollys continues ; we first passed up a ravine, then 

 over undulating ground, until the summit of the pass is reached. 

 From this a fine view of Sofaid-Koh is obtained, the lower ranges 

 in some places being black with firs ; thence a continued descent, 

 varied here and there by small ascents over undulating ground, we at 

 length came to a ravine filled with bulrushes : we followed this, 

 leaving it near the halting place, and winding over rocky ground 

 and a bad road, we descended to the bed of the river. The road 

 good, though stony here and there, but nowhere so, to such an extent, 

 as the previous marches. 



Hills precisely similar to those already passed, either sandy, easily 

 friable, or conglomerate, held together by sandy cement. Vegetation 



