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R oute N o. 2 — contd.
From Kum to Guljpaigdn —contd.
Distances iit
o
miles.
Number
Stage
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c.
Interme
diate.
Total.
Remarks.
The hills to the northward, 4 to 6 miles distant, are snow-capped; their outliers reach
to the road, which, descending gently, skirts them ; beyond the river extends a barren plain.
The low hills are of marl, red, yellow, and brown in colour, with veins of grey limestone
rock, at steep angles. The river, one mile to the right, makes a sharp turn towards the road
(see page 363).
a. m.
8-45
AlIchum ... Small village; houses of mud; roofs
domed ; the fields are irrigated, but there
are few trees and little cultivation abont it.
Much of the rock is of a hard nature,
green and blue in colour, with angular white markings (felspar) ; barometer 25-7'' (4,190').
9_3q ... ... The road again enters low hills, much
variegated by striae of red, blue, green,
brown, yellow, and white colours arrang
ed in flat, steep slopes.
Road undulates ; beyond the river, 600
yards to the right, the hills rise to a
height of 3GO'to 400'.
There is cultivation in the valley.
The hills now skirting the river on its
right bank are elevated 300' to 400^; the
road follows the liver.
The road crosses the river by the Pul-
i-Katchak, a masonry bridge of 5 arches;
bridge 100' long, 8' wide; paving, rough,
of stones; span of centre arcti, 12' to 15'. The bed of the river is much obstructed by huge
boulders ; current, rapid; the ascent from the bridge on the left bank is rocky and dithcult
for a 100 yards; the river valley, here a tang or pass, is 300 yards wide j barometer
24-65" (5,390').
^Q.gQ ... The low hills are left, and the valley,
opening out gradually, becomes known
as the Maidan-i-IS azar. The hills to the
right are known, near the gorge, as the
Kiih-i-Pisurj and further westward as the Kuh-i-Rawur.
Cross a small stream.
9-40
9-50
10-10
bank
10-45
11
11-25
KiSIMlBlD
NazIE
of the river the valley slopes gently upward
An enclosure with cultivation, half a
mile to the right.
Barley is grown along the banks ot
the river. The ground is suitable for a
large encampment.
Village one mile to the left, on the
right bank of the river under the K^" 1 "
Rawuj, which rises to a height of 500 to
600', behind the village. On the leit
s in a westerly direction for 4 or 5 miles,
oanK oi ine riv«jL uue viincj -j
and then ends in low undulations, which trend round to the southward.
11-55
Crosses several irrigation channels,
ploughing in progress, 2 oxen per ploug ,
soil I loose clay; the oxen of tto part
of Persia are of small size and o no