Unexplored Balûchistan
Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer
Griffith & Farran
Illness.-Hiring camels.-On march.-Old JellaL-Jellāl.-Jemohad and his family.-We reach Jagīn.-The river impassable.-Tājoo.-Balūch salutations.-The impassability of the river is exploded.-An anxious crossing.-Abdulla.-Male camels in the breeding season.-A day's ibex-shooting.-A night march.-Cross the•Sadaich river.-We turn north.-Shūr hills.-Chamœrops Ritchiana.-We change guides.-Men in buckram.-Camp in the Sārtāpi.
In January 1876, having suffered severely during some years' hard service in the Persian Gulf, I was granted my long deferred privilege leave by Her Majesty's Government, and cast about for the best way of making the most ... |