It possesses permanent banks, is fed from the Pabb chain of mountains, and after heavy rains in these hills a large body of water is formed, which rushes down to the sea with great force and velocity.

But at other times water is only to be found in a few small pools in its rocky bed.
It is, in short, a mountain torrent on a large scale.

So also with the greater number of streams in the western districts, though a few of these have more the semblance of rivers than can be found elsewhere in Baluchistan.

Of lakes there are none throughout the entire area of the country.
At Outhal we were met by one Hussein Khan, a wild-looking fellow mounted on a good-looking chestnut horse, its saddle and headstalls ornamented with bright-coloured leathers and gold and silver ornaments.

Hussein was from Beila, with a message from the Djam to say that I was welcome in his dominions.