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No. 4E.
Fanoch to Geh, via Ichan.
Distance, in
miles.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
No. of
s;age.
Remarks.
Thence down again with a spring and date grove at 10£ miles. After this we shortly
debouch into a dry tributary of the Maluran river, called the Khaur-i-Sang-i-Safed, which
we again quit, and cut across a bit of level desert to Abgah, a small village on the main
branch of the Maluran river. A fair quantity of supplies are obtainable from the village
itself, as well as from the other villages on the Maluran river.
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Ichan
1,840'.
Height of water
shed No. I.,
2,371'.
Watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. No.
TL, 2,720'.
Watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. No.
III., 2,567'.
17
49
Track at first up tributary of Maluran river.
J mile the village of Abgah, i.e., the huts of the
inhabitants, who in October are here for grazing ;
2| miles, Kuchink, and at 3£ miles Matkun, two
villages of the usual type. Leaving the only
branch holding water, we ascended a rugged water
course with the bearing 96 degrees. At 4 f miles a
slight watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. , and then a descent with Ushtera-
stan, a tiny date hamlet to the S. At 7 miles,
dates and a spring, Khan-i-Gokan, thence the camel
and horse road branches N. up a curious nala, with
perpendicular slate on both sides (the footpath going
up the nala) to another watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. at 8 | miles. After
this another up and down to yet another ridge.
j .04 mires wu .11 cm., a small hamlet, and still descending, track finally
emerges in the bed of the River Sirha. At 16| miles the footpath, a very short cut joins
in, and we descend until we see the large village of Ichan, on the left bank of the river.
Camp on island opposite a fort.
Track for a short distance down the River
Sirha, then up a rough torrent bed to a watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins.
1,831' at 3f miles. Thence rough, but fairly level
going until the river Gung is reached. The track
is here very trying for horses the whole way down to Geh, except where the river bed is
quitted at about 11 miles for a couple of miles. There is, however, plenty of water durino-
almost the entire march.
At 131 miles Jakan, with dates, etc.,
Geh
1,476'.
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No. 4F.
Geh to Fanoch, via Maluran.
Authority* —Sykks and Brazier-Creagh, October, 1893 .
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
milks.
Names of etages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Reuabks.
1
SOEHIN .
1,519'.
15$
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15$
Road for 3 miles lay up the valley of the river
Gnng with one or two little hamlets on the right
bank np the nala ; track intensely stony. At
the third mile the Bampur road is quitted, and a
gentle ascent, with the hills touching the track,
is commenced more to the west. One or two small
hamlets lie concealed on both sides. At 9$ miles,