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Route No. 4.— contd.
WalmIan
10
83
6
Badamak,
20
103
(4,350').
Ab-i-Sard
8
111
Genl. dir. N. The track winds up the valley
at 3 m., it ascends to the Dlllch pass, which
is topped at 6 , 000 ', there are really two
passes : one the DSlich Buzurg, and the
other 1J m. W. of it known as the DalTch Kuchik : the former is the best: both are
difficult and stony: the descent is somewhat easier over limestone slopes to the Ab-h
Sard valley: a few ruins scarcely noticeable mark the remains of the Post House or sarai.
The plain is marshy : to the E, it is fairly open, full of low hills of gypsum and red clay,
to the W. it is obstructed by high limestone, sandstone and gypsum belts. The best
camp is near the gorge through which a stream draining the valley flows’ to join the Ab-i*
Afrineh. Wood plentiful: grazing fair: water from stream.
8
Chimashk
10
121
Genl- dir. N. E. through the gorge, or by a
detour of 1 m. to the E. round it, and along
the foot of the Kuh-i-Gird, known at its
W. end as Takht-i-Simi. Its S. W. end
snow-covered in May 1911, is known as
Aslabad, from the fact, it is said, that ’All Mardan Khan, Wall of Pusht-i-Kuh once
constructed there a flour-mill worked by the wind, which is said to blow with great
force there. At 41 m. pass the ruined fort of Kaleh Nasir, (not Nasir) so called from its
builder, a chief of the Jiideki. At 4 m. an Im imz. is passed, Thence there is rather a
heavy bit of road, with steep ascents and descents for a couple of miles. At 7 m, th®
streams with difficult descents and ascents being crossed at 7 and 9 m. The Ab-i-Lailum
is crossed 1 m. above its junction with the Saidmarreh. Bed of stream full of boulders
but easy to cross. At this point a track diverges through Tang-i-Lailum to Dallch Pass,
Thence to Ab-i-Fani, keeping near Saidmarreh river. One difficult spur has to be
crossed at 15 m. Ab-i-Fani is easy to cross. Camp anywhere near stream : water good
from Saidmarreh, rather bitter from Fani; grazing good ; fuel scarce. A good halting
place is 1 m. W. of mouth of the Tang-i-Fani near a good clear spring at the bottom
of some foothills.
Genl. dir. N., by stony path amongst foot
hills, skirting a small lake and crossing the
end of the Kialan range (here known as
Du Farush), whose sides ascend at an angle
of 30° at a point known as Dum-i-Chul 3,200'. A footpath crosses it at 3,500'. From
the top, a track diverges t* Jaidar, Pul-i-Kurr-o-Dukhtar, and thence to Madian Rud
(vide route No. 6 ). The de cent is steep and the Chul plain, marked by a masonry tomb in
the Gurr-i-Hushki tract is reached at 7 m. (2,950'). At this point a track diverges rid
Gulgul and Kal-i-Hasar to Khurramabad, vide route No. 5. Small springs at foot of
limestone hills provide sweet water; grazing good ; fuel nil. Water also obtainable from
large pond 1 m. N. W. The track now runs over low gach hills to Walmian reached at 10
m. deserted T. O. marks the spot. Grazing good; fuel scarce, water indifferent from
Ab-i-Fani.
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Genl. dir. N. E. over gypsum hills to the
foot of the Tang-i-Pinawar 3,000', thence
by a difficult ascent over limestone slopes
to the summit (4,050') whence by a short
descent into the Badamak valley. This is formed by the denudation of a saddleback;
limestone hills on either side; the Dalich range, an almost continuous cliff, passable only
in 4 or 5 places, to the N. The valley is undulating, with many hills of blue shale, and
slabs of conglomerate, sandstones, and sand clay : is well wooded. Close to B damak
the hills to the south are breached by the Tang-i-Khashab and the place is marked by
a high conical hill in the centre of the valley. To the north lies the pass called Kal-i-
Sukhteh, very difficult and avoided even by nomads on this account. Water good;
fuel plentiful; grazing fair. The valley is claimed by the Judeki, but occupied in winter
by the Mirs of the Dirakwand.
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