"الطرق في بلاد فارس. القسم III" [ظ‎‎٣‎٤‎١] (٧٣٩/٦٨٧)

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No. 243— contd,
Y azd to M ash ad, via Kharanak, Fashi-uBadam, 8cc.
No.
of
staspe.
Names of stages.
D istances
in miles.
Interme
diate.
Total.
R emarks.
At 18 miles road winds in a maze of low hills • here
there is a rill of water, flowing from left to rHit
In the valleys between these ridges there is some
coarse grass, a little scrubby tamarisk, and thorns.
At 183 miles another rill running from left to
right. Road goes up and down a good deal. The
ascents and descents 20' to 50'; some of them
rather steep, but road is good and hard. Here
there is a little, sandy valley, but going is not
heavy. At 19t miles another trickle of water
Place known ag Naklak lies somewhere among
these ridges. There is, it is said, water at Naklak •
not very salt, but probably very brackish. At 20
miles enter dry bed of watercourse about 10 yards
broad,draining apparently to the S. E. Road is
here rough and bad ; it remains in the bed of this
watercourse for half a mile. Road continues in a
general N. E. direction, going through breaks in
the ridges, and soon after comes to another trickle
of water.
At 22^ miles turn the end of tlie highest of these
ridges. These ridges seem to join the mountain
that bounds the great plain on the N.
At 231 miles pass the southern end of the next
ridge. At 24 miles road makes a sweep to the S.
to turn end of the last of the ridges, and then
enters great plain of Ohahardeh. For the next
mile, however, road is a good deal broken and
cut up.
1 his plain, like the others, slopes gently down to
the centre from the mountains on both sides.
Koad descends gently; plain is hard, covered
ffii . ^ ^fts. .Road henee is excellent. At
*63 miles is a dry haoz. This seems to be about
P01nt on ^ he 1,oad - Altitude 2,540'.
At 29^ mile^ enter wide, dry bed of watercourse,
draining apparently to the S.
This is crossed, and road begins to ascend gradually
and to approach the mountains that bound the
plain.
At 304 miles road enters the hills, and commences
v a v&lley bounded on both sides by
lugged hills.^ The road is stony, but good. At
sfw gain crest of the ridge. Altitude
^bnt va " e y> at first narrow,
ne a ..fv N A y K 0p ! nin « out - The ^nce is
tbem i<s ,] ° u ^ a * of a mile beyond the top
there is a dry tank, and a little further a track