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No. 20.
Bushahr to Bandar Abbas.
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surface, and afford a view of the sea, distant about half a mile, and of the adjacent islands
of Hormuz and Kishm. The former appears as a white rock, with peaks rising to the
height of 700 feet.
The ground, now, on either side of the road, is dotted with shrubs and low jungle,
that to north being broken and intersected, as described above, by upheavals of inclined
rocky strata. As we advance, the road, which is very sandy with a substratum of whitish
limy clay, gradually increases its distance from the coast.
At 6 miles 4 furlongs we cross a dry shallow water-course, about 60 yards broad,
emptying into the sea. Another 1^ miles, and we come to a large date grove, and 3 or 4 mat
houses, named “ Gulistan,” immediately to south of the track. Supplies practically nil.
Water believed to be procurable, but quantity and quality uncertain. Fuel moderate from
brush-wood and date trees. Cultivation, dates ; wheat and barley by native report, poor and
of small extent. Grazing very scanty indeed. Camping-ground good.
At 11 miles 1 furlong a grove of young date trees, called “ Murkh Zarri,” or “Murgh
Garri,” touches the north side of the road. Proceeding another 1 mile 3 furlongs we
cross a very shallow water-course, bed, about 350 yards broad, of sand, damp with the recent
passage of water, apparently salt or brackish, flow to sea close by. At 12 miles 3 furlongs
the village of Saru, about a quarter of a mile to south of the road, from which it is
screened by groves of date trees, and, at its south-east corner, by a thick growth of tall
kahur trees. Immediately to south of the road is a long, low mound of some considerable
area, covered with a jungle of kahur, etc., and to north small, well-kept plantations of
young date trees, surrounded by neat mud-brick walls.
The village of Saru is open to the sea breeze. Its bouses, glancing white through the
screen of trees, are apparently constructed of stone and lime. The village seems to be the
garden of Bandar Abbas, and to be used by the well-to-do inhabitants of the latter place
as a summer or suburban residence. Supplies plentiful, from the neighbouring town of
Bandar Abbas. Water by native report, plentiful. Fuel plentiful. Cultivation poor. Graz
ing very scanty. Camping-ground good.
The ground on either side of the road is sandy with a very slight sprinkling of grass.
The broken ground, and upheavals of gravelly limestone strata, forming low hills, are now
distant to north about half a mile.
Four furlongs after leaving the date groves of Saru, the road traverses a track of ploughed
land, and at 15 miles passes the cistern called '* Bandar,” in good repair, and full of water.
Two hundred yards further on there is another cistern, which appears, however, to be in a
ruined state.
At 15^ miles we enter the ancient, but now ruined, walls of Bandar Abbas.
A full description of the town is to be found in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot, and the Gazet
teer of Persia. Supplies plentiful. Water plentiful, from cistems. Fuel plentiful.
Cultivation, excepting dates, little, and what there is, very poor owing to the sandy soil.
Grazing scanty. Camping-grounds very good.
No. 20A.
Lingah (Linjah) to Bandar Abbas, {along the sea coast)
Authority, Vaughan, 1888 'partly from Native information.
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miles.
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stage. Names of stages.
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