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No. 20.
Bushahr to Bandar Abbas.
Distance, in
No. of
etasre.
MILKS.
Names of stages.
inter
mediate.
Total.
M. F.
M. F.
Rbhabks.
in breadth from 15 to 30 yards, banks precipitous, flow to N. W. Two hundred yards to S.
E., this nala bifurcates, the two confluents being of about the same dimensions as the main
nala. At 4 miles we pass the village and fort of Burneh, containing about 30 houses of
mud and stone, besides a garden and a large irrigation well. The fort has a high tower
or castle at one end. Inhabitants, about 200 . Supplies insignificant. Water good and
plentiful. Fuel scanty. Grazing good. Cultivation poor. Camping-ground a good.
At 4 miles 2 furlongs the road crosses a small irrigation ditch, in which runs a rill of
good water, and on the further side we come to an empty masomy cistern about ten yards in
diameter. The ground, becoming stony, consists of the limy clay found in the valley, but is
now mixed with a large proportion of fine gravel. At 5 miles 3 furlongs the road enters
the pass Tang-i-Zangu. Ou the west side a deep and broad ravine, and on the east low hills
border the road. The latter, sending out spurs to the S. E., form a series of very narrow
parallel valleys. The ravine, as also an artificial conduit of good fresh water, continues to
run tor three furlongs, on the west side of the road, which up to this point is good and fairly
broad ; tor the rest of the pass, however, it is a mere track, at times scarcely traceable. At
5 miles 7 furlongs the road is passing through a chaos of low earthy hills, utterly bare of
vegetation, and crosses a small rivulet of good fresh water, flow to west. Rate 2 miles 2
furlongs per hour. At 6 miles 6 furlongs the ascent becomes steep and rocky (rate now 1
mile b furlongs), and furlongs in advance we cross another rivulet of good running water.
At / miles 2 furlongs the road, which, although stony and rough, is not difficult, ascends a
rocky hill. Ihe track over the lulls is open, that is, is not enclosed on either side by rocks
or steep lulls, and continues to rise for three furlongs, when we descend, and again risinu
attain the summit of the pass at 8 miles 5 furlongs. Altitude 3,079 feet. The pass down
the northern slope of the range Hawa is generally steeper, more rugged, and difficult
than that up the southern slope, ihe first two-thirds of the descent is tolerable, but
the last third is very rough, difficult, and almost unrideable. This last bad piece brings
us to the bottom ot the pass. We now traverse a grassy valley, and, after advancing two
furlongs, pass many ruins of stone houses, which continue to border the west side of the
road ^ about quarter of a mile. The village and Fort of Zangur Mamele are situated
stone with^ rf T ge ? aWa m , a ™ 1,e y al, ? ut 6 miles broad - The houses, of mud and
stone with flat earth roofs, are built round, and open on to an inner square yard. It
abouTSlO Tn f r n ’ alarg9 and ? Ci8tern ful1 of ' S° od Inhabitants,
wt bS S r PP insignificant. Water good from the cistern. Fuel plentiful from
ianar bush. Grazing good. Cultivation nil. Camping-grounds good. ^
17
Haftawan
2,490'.
13-0
228—
2-6
General direction E. by N. £ N. The road
over a limy clay inclined to be stony, traverses a
grassy valley thickly dotted with Icdnar. As we
1 furl one u . , advance tbe valley narrows in, till, at 3 miles
quarter of a HaWat ° T th f about ba ^ mile distant, and that to north about a
200 yards to son/i nf t ? £url ? ngs and 1 ,ow rock y bil1 * rise from the valley about
Hawa Th* th I u 16 road - and run ln a south-east direction to the foot of tbe range
md n ground ber . e bad apparently been tilled in former years, but is now lying
inCI OVPr-errnrcn «.t, 4-V. n a j 4 p ' 7 7 . . * T n
- ~ iicio uau apparently o
tousranee Ove ^ ro ^ wi th a ycUowish grass. At 4 miles 8 furlongVa r'oeky and predpf-
Froceedmg another mile and a half
Ii ■ iuuo to me rt
distant°from roro ' 11 } 8 d '' ie , vabe y bas a gam widened out, Kuh Shenoiis being now
a river fR Al^ SJ tbe ra ^ e o^e mile. At 8 miles we cross
foot and breldTh t}a fl0W ] 0 SOatb - east b y east - de P tb of water, which is brackish, one
Xwater ^ Ut 20 i y ^ d8, The ground, now clayey, and covered with a kind of
river This enV 18 b y" umerous small water-courses draining the ground to the
e r * This continues for about 2 furlongs, when the salt scrub gives place to "grass dotted
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