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No. 20.
Bushaiir to Bandar Abbas.
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
MILES.
Names of stages.
luter-
nediate.
Total.
M. F.
M. F.
Remabks.
narrow rivulet of water, and immediately after the dry bed ot a nala, flow of bot i westerly,
Three furlongs further on the defile opens out into a valley from to 1$ mi es i°a • Atj
miles 7 furlongs the road crosses a small spur, about 150 yards broad, from kuh Khormnj,
■ ’ Two lurlongs in advance the valley increases in breadtk
which bars the valley transversely. r"^ - „ r * ,r
to 2 miles, the road still skirting the hills on its south side. We then cross, withmtle
space of one mile, three dry nullahs, all flowing westward. On passing the ast o these,
the road traverses the middle of the valley, which is covered with fresh green grass, anl
dotted with kanar and bramble bushes. The ground, not stony, consists of a fane gravel
The hills on the north side of the valley are rocky and difficult; those to south muc i smaller,
less rugged and more rounded in outline, apparently of gravel or clay lonnation. mile!
4 furlongs the road crosses a dry veaZa, called by the natives “ (jaah, Howto north-east,
the valley also sloping slightly in that direction. We then pass thioughwic.it an bailey
growing tracts for 7-4 furlongs. The ground now is neither stony nor sandy but
consists only of a rich alluvial soil. At 10 miles furlong we pass a village lying to tie
south, at the foot of Kuh Kar, called Banaiyeh Derazi, distant about ly miles. A 1 miles
we pass between low rocky hills jutting out, as spurs, perpendicularly irom the range of big
hills to north, and then radiating in every direction across the valley. At If miles 4 hr-
longs wo clear these spurs, and emerge on the valley about 2 miles broad as betore. At 11
miles 6'4 furlongs the road leads through the ruins of a town. These ruins continuetffl
we arrive at the fort and hamlet of Lava. The road, for the whole stage, is a mere tract,
at times scarcely traceable. The fort is simply a stone wall, about 12 feet high, enclosrag
a square court-yard, with turrets at two corners only. There are about 10 mat huts scattered
round it, also a water-mill, and a garden of fruit trees, including the lime, pomegranate!®,
date. Supplies very limited. A small quantity of barley or wheat might bo obtainable.
I saw neither sheep nor cattle. Water good and plentiful, brought by small open conduits
from the hills to east. Fuel : considerable quantity of kanar bush procurable in the valley,
miles to the south. Grazing good. Camping-grounds good, hut commanded by tho bij;
on either side of the valley.
Notb. —From Lava there is a road to Kalima, via the Tang-i-Sehdar pass, distance 3ti
miles {vide No. 24, page 132).
General direction S. by E.
The road traverses a grassy valley, about 2 mils
broad, commanded by hills on either side; tbose
to south low and generally rounded in outline, whereas those to north are lofty, rugged, anl
precipitous. Within 3 furlongs we cross two dry nalas, and at one mile a water-course,
bed dry and varying in breadth from 25 to 80 yards, flow of all southerly. At 1 mile 3 fur
longs the road touches and skirts the low hills on the south side of the valley, which is no*
thickly dotted with kanar bush. Advancing another mile we cross a dry flow to
south. Low hills now rise from the valley, distant a quarter of a mile to north of the road.
At 2 miles 7 furlongs we cross a water-course, bed dry, about 80 yards broad, flow southerly.
Within another mile the road is passing along a basin or ravine below the general level oi
the ground. Low gravel hills rise directly from either bank ot this basin, which is about
300'yards in breadth. At 4 miles 6 furlongs we cross a network of rivulets flowing south
ward. These, when in flood, form a shallow stream varying from 100 to 200 yards in breadtu.
On the eastern bank of this stream there is rich pasture, and a grove of trees affording*
most pleasant shelter. r l'he locality and stream are named Bidistan, and would offer a suit
able halting place. At 4 miles 7 furlongs the road, after crossing a ncila with perpendicuto
banks, ascends from the river-formed basin, which for the last mile it had been traversing-
Within 7 furlongs the road crosses 2 nalas with very steep and high banks. At 6 m(>
two villages, about one mile to the eastward, near the foot of low tumular grassy ni
The upper village is named Sahu and the lower Kordineh. At 6 miles 3 furlongs we cross
Sana
10-1-6
70-4-6'
295'.