'Military Report on South-West Persia, Including the Provinces of Khuzistan (Arabistan), Luristan, and Part of Fars' [‎298] (343/466)

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R outb N o. 4 — conid.
From Isfahan to Behbahdn and Bandar-BUdm, fyc. —eontd.
o
Distances iit
miles.
Eemarks.
Nurnbei
Stage
Time.
Names of towns. Tillages, &c.
Interme
diate.
Total.
11
p.m.
slsakht
7,900').
(elevation
24
The Shatwi or winter sowings of the
of wheat, barley, beans, and opium; the
gram, cotton, and tobacco.
244
Cashkai
saifi or
Sisakht is a moveable village of reeds,
bushes, &c., occupied by the Kuhgehlu.
A direct road via Tesonj to Behbahan
is said to be practicable at this season,
and to save one stage,
between Kiih-i-Dina and Shiraz consist
summer sowings consist of rice, beans,
11
a.m.
6-15
7-5
8tJi June 1884.
slsakht
well covered
7-35
Barometer 22*4' / ; thermometer 50°.
The cold of the night was sharp.
The path leads down the Tang-i-Kha-
kalun, well wooded with shrubs and trees,
and running parallel with the Dina hill.
Ascends over the undulation to the left
of the ravine, and descending crosses a
good pasture valley, 1 mile broad. The
country here consists of low undulations;
with shrubs and trees, some of the latter of a fair size.
Ascends over the valley side, and de
scends steeply for 600 yards, when the
gradient becomes and the path an
easy one down the long and gentle skirts
of the hill forming the boundary of the valley of the Derruhun river which is now entered. The
hill-side is clothed with oaks, hawthorns, and other trees : its soil is stony : grazing, in
different.
9-15
nueeah
Small village, surrounded by good pas
ture and a fertile soil growing barley,
wheat, &c., and situated at the head of
a lateral valley opening out towards the
river.
Descending a steep stony incline, the Ab-i-Derruhun, the right branch of the Khersun,
river, is reached.
10 Barometer 24-6' / (5,870'). ^ Passing up
stream it is forded at a point where its
waters run in three channels ; no channel
exceeds 70' in width ; its bed is bouldery ;
de forded with care ; banks low and of
current, swift; depth about 3'; it requires to
boulders. Passing still up-stream, over the bouldery and sandy strip of land between the two
arms of the river, the Chowjehiin branch is forded ; it is shallow with a bouldery bottom;
width 200'; its left bank is steep and 100' high.
The two branches join at 1 mile, in a direction of 325°, to form the Ab-i-Khersiin ; the
general line of the valley of the rivers is here 175° and 280°.
Deeeuhun The small village of Derruhun, desert
ed during the summer months, lies be
tween the two arms of the river in a
direction of 240° from the village of
Nurrah.