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* For road from Lava to Kahwiz, Tahluk and Tang-l-Zard, tmie page 127.
No. 20.
Bushahr to Bandar Abbas,
Distance, in
milks.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
M. F.
M. F.
Rbmabks.
3
Khobmuj or
18—7
48-0
Khubmij.
465'.
Mutton and beef are procurable, but not in large quantities. Water plentiful and good.
Fuel very scanty, except for date trees. Grazing good. Camping-grounds good.
Note.— From Abram the following roads branch off: —
(1) To Kalima, general direction E. by N., through the mountains, by the Tang-i-
Bahush pass. From Kalima two roads lead to Shiraz—one vi & Firuza-
bad (Route No. 24), and the other vi & Husenabad and Chinar, Fariab
hitherto only partly known, compiled by S. Butcher from native information
{vide Route 24).
(2) To Borasjan, from native report, general direction N. by W. From Borasjan to
Shiraz, vi& Daliki, by well-known, but difficult, mountain passes.
(3) To Galuki village, distant 3 miles to south, and thence, by native report, to
Karik on the sea-coast.
(4) To Gainak on the sea-coast, part of the road over hills. (General direction
S. W.?). Distance 17 miles. From native information.
General direction S. S. E., f E. The road, for the
whole stage, consists of alluvial soil or clay, liable
in wet weather to be very heavy, and skirts
the base of Kuh Khormuj, through a district
clothed with green grass, and numerous tracts of wheat. There is always a gentle
slope to west from the foot of Kuh Khormuj. At 2^ miles the village of Galuki,
about 1| miles to south-west. At this point, close to the north side of the road, is a
grove of date trees which would offer a good halting ground. From 2£ to 3 miles 6 furlongs
rivulets about 2 to 6 feet wide, apparently containing sulphur in solution, cross the road at
short intervals, and run off to the low ground to west. At 9 miles 6 furlongs the village
of Arabi, containing 4, or 5 houses and tafangchi towers of mud and stone, with some mat
hovels, touches the road on west.
Khormnj is the chief town of the Dashti district. The fort, a substantial stone
building with lofty walls, is on the out-skirts of the town, which contains about 350
houses. Of these a third are built of mats and the rest of stone and mud.
Population about 1,400. Barley and wheat plentiful. Mutton and beef procurable, but
not in large quantities. Water plentiful and good, conveyed from Kuh Khormuj by open
conduits or ditches. Fuel very scanty. Grazing very good. Camping-grounds good.
Note.— The following roads branch off from Khormuj :—
(1) To the town of Kaki, fording the river Mand, general direction S. S. E. From
Kaki to the sea-port Dayyir, general direction S. E. By native report.
(2) To Fakiahmad on the sea-coast, general direction uncertain. By native report.
(3) To Kalat, to the sea-coast, probably at Laurand Kogan, general direction S. S.W.,
distance 26 miles. Part of the road lies through hills. From native informa
tion.
General direction E. by
first runs, distant from
a quarter of a mile, in
. over a plain, extending
mountain range near the sea-coast. The ground, gravelly and stony, is thinly
with grass. Within three miles the road crosses three dry valas, which run to
south from Kuh Khormuj. At 1 mile 4 furlongs a low range of hills, called “ Kuh Kar,”
rise gradually from the plain at a distance of 2 miles to the south of the road, and with Kuh
Khormuj to north form a valley about Smiles broad. As we advance this valley becomes
gradually narrower. The ground slopes gently from Kuh Khormuj southward. At 3 miles
1 furlong the road crosses a dry nala called “ Gandu,” flow westward, and, skirting the low
hills to south, runs through a defile about 300 yards broad. The hills on either side are
practicable for infantry and mountain guns. At 3 miles 4'8 furlongs the road crosses a
4
to the
clothed
Lava*
12—3
60—3
865'.
S. ^ S. The road at
Kuh Khormuj about
the general direction
from Knh Khormuj