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Route No. 1— contd.
From MuhammeraJi to Tehran, fyc. —contd.
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5-45
6-5
15th April 1884.
Tang-i-PenIwue .
273
Barometer 26 , 5 y ; thermometer 58°.
Road ascends over stony ground, pass
ing two domed tombs, and enters the
Penawur pass. The first ascent is ex
tremely difficult on account of the huge
houlders to be climbed.
7-5 ...... ... ... Cross grassy undulations. A plentiful
stream flows down the pass.
... ... Top of pass; barometer 26"0'' / (eleva
tion 4,050'),— see pages 352, 357,
^-25 ... ... Ascends a lateral valley, the sides of
which are steep, of loose shale of a dark
coaly colour; tamarisk bushes and low
trees grow in the valley.
Many low conical hills of blue clay and shale are thrown out from the main undula
tions bordering the valley ; these latter are marked in horizontal bands by layers of rock
cropping out at variable distances apart"; road good and easy.
7-45
8-15
Barometer (3,940'). Descending
the valley lying below the Dalich Eange
at about 1,200 yards from its foot.
Many streams- crossed; valley moist ;
good pasture.
This valley has the appearance of being
formed by the denudation of a saddle back
{see page 352).
9-15
BadImek (elevation
4,365').
282
Crosses the deep valley to the Badamek
stream by winding down and up its blue
soft shaly sides. The stream, flowing
westwards, breaks through the hills at
a point about 2 miles distant.
Camp on the Badamek or Badamekah
plateau ; barometer 25 , 8' / .
Low trees (oaks and others) in fair numbers cover the hill slopes; stems, 8' to 12' in height;
diameter up to 15' / ; firewood plentiful; streams in all the valleys.