"الطرق في بلاد فارس. القسم III" [ظ‎‎٢‎٠‎٥] (٧٣٩/٤١٥)

356
No, m—c
Sakiz to Karmanshah, via Shlalch,
No.
of
«tage.
Names of stages.
D istakcbs
in milks.
K EM.A EES,
Interne
diate.
Total,
ill
17
18
146|
151 J
152 J
well-cultivated valley, with a small village at the
head, runs in for about a mile from the rio-ht
bank.
Cross a small, well-cultivated bend of the river.
River valley narrows to a rocky gorge, its course
now changing to south-east. Route turns up 215°
following a side valley along the left bank of a
small stream. It is an easy gradient along a
broad gravelly track. High range of rounded
bare hills lies along to the left. Passed small
patches of cultivation—wheat, cotton, and castor-
oil plant. Temp. 93°. Elev. 5,165'.
Over a rocky spur. The valley is 300 to 400 yards
wide. Several small ravines in ridges on either
hand. Elev. 5,555'.
Track bifurcates : one broad track goes to the right,
leading to the villages at head of Kolasara valley.
Keep to the track to the left; valley is here 200
yards broad.
Pass mouth of small valley from the right, down
which flows a stream, the banks thickly lined with
shrubs. Water-mill at the end of the valley.
Elev. 5,515'.
Cross streamlet and turn to the left round the
foot of a spur. Valley opens out into a wide
basin, cultivated with wheat, cotton and maize in
small patches.
Pass Haltushan, a village of 40 huts, in a side
valley to left.
Round the foot of the spur to left. A valley runs
np 314° from here, 5 miles long and 1 to 2 miles
broad, narrowing in at the upper end, and bound
ed by high rounded hills. A small stream comes
down it and there are numerous springs along
the foot of the ridges. At the head is Kolasara,
a village of 100 houses, clustered round a large
spring.
At the lower end is a village of the same size call
ed Asaola.
Our track leads in a direction 143° up the pro
longation of the Kolasara valley, f mile wide,
easy track; very gentle gradient. The valley
narrows as we ascend.
Pass two large springs in the hill-side to the left.
Several flocks of cattle and sheep seen. Hay
was being gathered from the hillsides for the
winter. Track stony in places,
valley extends to the left into a loop, 1 mile
diameter, shut in by high, rounded bare hills.
Elev. 5,870'.