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No. 20-
Bushahr to Bandar Abbas.
No. of
stage.
1 Distance, in
MILES,
Names of stages.
mediate,! Tota h
M. P. | M. P.
Remarks.
wheat and barley, arrive at the town of Jam. Population about 1,500. The majority of the
houses are of stone and mud ; also many mat huts. The streets in many cases are too
narrow for the passage of loaded mules. Supplies, dates, barley, and wheat plentiful •
mutton and beet in moderate quantity. Water plentiful and good. Fuel considerable’
frotn kanar bush. Cultivation very good ; barley, wheat, and extensive date groves.
Crazing very good. Camping-grounds very good.
Note —Between Kuh Puza Padri to south-west of Jam, and the hills of Kuh Balbulay
closing the south-east end of the valley, lies the road from Jam to the sea-port Tahiri.
General direction S. by E. | E., distance 17 miles, over hilly ground.
• 7nL 80 r th r ea l t extre 1 rait y of the ran g e Kuh Knchur, called at Jam “ Kuh Puza Padri,»
is 4,096 feet above the sea, and 1,609 feet above the level of the Jam valley. The
summit forms a fairly level space of considerable extent, with precipices on its south-west
and south-east sides, dropping to the depth of 300 to 400 feet. The ascent from the
m°«i • u lthou f, h Ter y y u g£ 0d > precipitous and difficult, would be practicable for
mule batteries. From the summit a splendid view is obtained both of the sea-coast to the
south-east, and ot the surrounding mountain system.
11
Bivouac
banks
stream
on the
of the
Hanut.
11—1
155—6
General direction E. by S. | S.
The road in the first half mile crosses twice a
shallow water-course, now dry, called Bor-i-bagh,
A-oac'. ..oil,. vi, .c i. c u p , ^ ow f roin E. to the river Riz, and traverses a
grassy valley with frequent fields of wheat, and thickly dotted with kanar hush. At 2 miles
3 furlnnfs wA , a PP roacl } m S clos0 to the low gravelly hills to north. At 3 miles
then an g Iirf , ter . the ^ lls ’ ^ commence their ascent. This continues for three furlongs,
S ? altl t«de, above the valley, of 168 feet is attained. The rate of travelling per hour,
in clinked TS’ "7 t0 1 mile V2 furlon & s . the road descending over steeply
wp ^ i f 7 Ck u- 8 u s , .PP er y as to oause 0 ne of our mules to fall. At 4 miles 2 furlongs
we skirt the side of a hill with a deep ravine immediately on our right or west side After
!moni e tr S Vl b rT- Very A difficU l t ’ the road wil ' di "S and oufof sUy ^|ged.ravines
is finfw hl 1 S ‘ ThlS contm ", e , s for tw0 furlongs, when the passage of the fi^st range of hills
IL?A? d ’ ai l d C0 1 mm ^ nCe aSCent of a hiU called “ D ara-Kuh.” This pass, extremely
oWet br0 A k T ?' eSU]a ? Sta,r of lim ^tone. In horizontal distance it is about a
2nwnLl o ,aTldt00k , 0 A Ur ba F age muIes about one surmount. The road
unwind An hAA g T SSy P’ at , eau ’ dotted Wlth kanar bush, called “Bunah Arabuna,” sloping
lie if A a sfoAe r B , At d miles 3 furlongs the road descends from the
mhmtesHo the vallefofAA u ° 5 0r f 0 ^ al distance | mile, time taken in the descent 19
minutes; to the valley of Arabuna, which it crosses, and at 6 miles 7 furlones enters a
wMch flows, south-wyt, { ,4
and plentifu '- Fuel s “ tJ
mg^ecfeases^to 7 ! mL fr0m u the ent / ance of the « len rate of travell-
Slilnerv limlfnno 7 T ^- 5 per hour, and the road traverses for 1 furlong
that runs throuo-h the 1 eden in w" 6 ' across ^be track; over these strata flows the rivulet
and dotted with if g 7 , We u°w commence the ascent of a defile, at first grassy
bit decreie in heX ' The e , ither side are i 0 fty and precipitous
„ „ . ' height as we ascend. The slope varies rouehlv from 3° to 10° Tn thp
At To mil eTtheTsceTt hT 768 ’ and f ° Ur time * cross a rivulet °f igood water called “ Sorgu.”
pass called « (iardTiV !) ”77 ri l g?ed and broke o, and the defile merges in a rocky
uTTht pass Ae conttTToT^ ° f sl ° wi ^ down to 1 ^ f^longZ
continues so for about a fnrlon th ur an ^ s ; wb en the ascent becomes most difficult, and
continues so tor about a furlong, the road, almost unrideable, passing over rocks piled up,