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No. 25.
Chahbar (Oharbar) to Bampur, via Geh.
Authority . — Sykes and Brazikr-Creagh, 1893.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distance,
IN MILES.
Remarks.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
t. i i. it 1 ^ nan oar is stated to be the best along the coast, mainly because it dno,
offie h w H 0nS0 °l!‘ •° n ^° re there is an excelIent supply «f good water at the teletL
^ r^roi^o “„r^. couBtrj ,Uarmair) came ' Is m ab “ L “- Ct -
Tez
7i
Road passed through the bazar and then across
a stretch of sand, gradually ascending to very
rough ground. At about 3* miles ruins of a fort.
lo ” hiu on tbe bay - a e f;;S c s
/ aSar i and ‘ B am P ur road joins in at Tez. It is said to be a good track and i.
undoubtedly preferable to the route vid Geh. ^ ’ d 18
NURMUHAMMADI
Height, almost
sea level.
17J
24|
Road along sea coast on sand, with low ran^e
, N V A i 5 “ ies a sal t stream (Kaur-i-Nimuk)
close by the harbour of Parag, which is simply a
Para^, consisting of a f,» hot,, ta.ari.h
the sand, crossing a lava-strewn plain, and then passing some plots of cotton At 15 1 .. ibT
and^plenty^of tamariak' " 17 * “—-aoLadCditt,,, Jith th°e Tot
Peshmant . 15| 401 Road at first across plain to foot of low hills. At
5 Til 8 Sn g,0U " d began t0 be nmch br «ken up
and the hills were reached. We soon began to
ascend a most desolate valley |Pir Ghureek or
camels. At 111 miles a low watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. , about 450 feeUbove 6 seT bvd * th^a^ntl °d" h f °t
heat So villages or to,feta near the r'oad et t Zt rnTthteTataW jo” bf ‘h "u
Bokshnlla, some d.stance to the S. VV. The Ktrkand-Bandar Trk desert r 0 “d t-
through Peshmant, vide page 25
4
ZlAEAT
473'.
19
591
salt well, as its name indicates.
Road very rough with hills increasing in size
?n a bSh 0 ■Z™*’ ?; ,h ;i: Siah - A maze °f low bin,
on both sides until 10 miles, when we reach £
sort of plateau some 5 miles wide. On it Chat
After another belt of low hills, the Geh river wa
Shur, a
reached. At the point the road~ crnsses 7t OI , 1<)wmils > th e Geh river w £
W “ ,e S r t deeP IW 1 'i ,S a 0 7 f - dri , nkab ‘ e '' atCT altb '“"S t ' -ySr C an r Xl',™lj b0Ve tliei
would here Th, e .
map ,» only^of the numerous errors arising from LapprLnsLl ** l, *'“ “ “
876'.
first we had passed.
16^
75f
1 mck led practically up the bed of the rive
and so would not be possible in case of rain. A
5 rmles the Kuh-i-Pozak on both sides. At
a , q •) , miles Bokoki, a hamlet and small date grove th
At 9 miles we left the river which curves further W. with numeroui