that I had now reached a totally different climate.”
(_Smith’s Report_.) And Mr. Abbott says of the same
region: “Partly wooded ... and with thickets of reeds
abounding with francolin and _Jirufti_ partridge....
The lands yield grain, millet, pulse, French- and
horse-beans, rice, cotton, henna, Palma Christi, and
dates, and in part are of great fertility.... Rainy
season from January to March, after which a luxuriant
crop of grass.” Across this plain (districts of Jíruft
and Rudbar), the height of which above the sea, is
something under 2000 feet . . . . . . 6