'Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars' [‎261] (298/466)

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Route No. 3 A— conkl.
From Gulpaigdn to the contd.
!3CC
Time.
Names of towns, villa.ges, &c.
Distaitces iit
miles.
Intefine-
diate.
Total.
8*5
8-45
A.M.
8 48 The valley is 3 miles broad ; the stream
is 2 miles to the left, and is, after its junc
tion with the Mian-dasht stream, known
as the Ab-i-Afhiis.
Chigana ... Small village.
Small village; crosses a torrent 12' wide;
villages along the line of the stream, 2
miles distant, are numerous ; much good
soil lies untilled.
The Trills in the vicinity vary in height from 500' to 1,500' ; they are detached with
valley separating them, or are joined by low necks over which roads pass by easy gradients ;
they are barren and steep.
Eemarks.
9-15 DEHA
9-35
10-15
11-15
Buzma
11-45
^ohdiifc is 1
12
Chigoe
NlNANDAGtJN
Deha is a large village 4 miles to the
left; the road is now a hard mule track,
and the country uncultivated.
Village f _ mile to the right under the
snow-clad hill; the road is again rendered
swampy by rills flowing from the
snows ; _ the valley is 6 miles broad, the
road skirting the hills bounding it to the
south.
Small village ; crosses a stream.
Small village ; there is a difficult de
scent and swamp to be crossed before
reaching the village ; road a mule track.
The country undulates, and there are
swamps in every hollow ; the soil, a stony
clay, is of excellent quality; much of it
lies fallow.
The road crosses a swampy side valley
and traverses the centre of the main
valley ; the Ab-i-Af hus is 1J miles to the
left, and the skirts of the Kiih-i-Dalan
j miles beyond it; in its rear is the
Kiih-i-Kaisus; to the south the Kiih-i-
miles distant ; to its rear is the Kiih-i-Safid.
Khugan
7,500').
(elevation
19
67
Barometer 22 , 9/ / Khugan is a small
village inhabited by Armenians and
Mussulmans. Water from streams ; wells
are unknown ; the district! is treeless ;
provisions for a small party are scarce.
Barley and chopped straw could not be obtained.
^ecandari, a large village, bears east, and is 4 or 5 miles distant, and said to be on the left
tank of the Ab-i-Afhiis. s ' '