'ROUTES IN PERSIA, Section 1.' [‎93r] (190/416)

No. 27.
Chahbar to Jask.
No. of
Names of stages.
Distance, in
milks
stage.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
5
Banden^ .
15-44
79-61
Rbmabks.
Fiolds for miles, then salt plain slightly
sandy, then fields to Dandar river, 4 miles from
Bir. Ihis at telegraph crossing has very steep
• , r i j i hanks, but short distance south has sloping: banks
?| U p!, e t? SJ ^ iaden came]s< The . nce flat salt ground mixed with sand for 4 nnles g Road
, 4 . rn . s ln nor th-west direction ; fields for some distance. Easy-going generally up to
Landem river, whose banks have very easy slope of no depth to speak of. Large banyan Merchant of Indian extraction.
visions procu.atl 0 P1Dg * gr<> ' r ^ ^ but bracki8h aft0r March or 4^1 Pro-
6 Lund . . 8-47 88-08 This stage and 4£ miles of the next is for the
most part difficult for camels. The camel track
leaves the telegraph line 3 miles from Bandeni and
.„a rt o„ 8 hills (which are covered in ttlS
Ssn^rnd^Kr 11 ” 601 ” 8 ^^ 8 ngain at Lund camping-ground, a /a,
high sa
Rapch
12-33
100-41
Leaves telegraph line a^-ain for 2| miles, whence
it rnns over low flat-topped hills, covered with
small stones, to Gumbaki ; from thence jangle,
■ i „ . ticluB and sand-hills for 0 inilos to
these 6 miles quite easy-going The ordinary provisions to be had at Rapch ^ater from
ivei always obtainable. Bed hard ; east bank steep and deep in places. West bank sloping
gradually. !n flood river brings down much water ; floods over both hanks for consideiable
distance. Ford then generally 1| miles south of telegraph crossing • when this is imUcoUi
river often passable 3 miles north of line, where it debouches from^ills im Passable,
Kashi camp
10-90
111-31
From tl.e river Rapch, ground uneven with
hillocks and nolas, cultivated ground bunded up
for purpose of irrigation ; also surrounded with
v j • , hedges (zariba) for 4i miles, when the Kashi ri^.
is reached. . TJ 18 narrow and deep. In wet weather the nalas are very difficult and the
river while in flood quite impassable until water subsides; this it generally does in W> davs
after ram ceases. In dry weather the camel road is tortuous, following bunds as u^der
telegraph hue is very awkward for animals. After getting a mile to Westward of ri
the ground is generally flat and barren, in parts clay; clay mixed with sand and surface
covered with small stones for 3| miles. T he last 2 miles sand-hills and hillv ground covered
t " aid0fC ““ , ' i,,g ' g '' 0 ” nd ’ ' tMollis ‘ a*'•<»««. P’cce of
SUEAG #
15-38
126-69
Flat sandy ground for l£ miles, thence for 3i
miles undulating covered with small stones thence
sandstone rocks of low elevation rough, rocky
, and stony until close to Chirit river famd e
mno place difficult among sandstone rocks, as it takes the easiest windings through the^
Immense heaps of old pearl-oyster shells in places under telegraph line. Water when to hi
ound is good and sweet on this stage. Ordinary provisions procurable.
Johnstone gives the following account of the road between Jask and Surao-..
:j.i X »•
“ The road is, with one exception, over a flat uninteresting and generally desert H tri« ^
n 1 to 15 miles between the hills and the sea. At about 12 milesE.^of
ing in breadth from
Da 8 ih a p l0W h 8aU d d lTirK r °u fthe ran ^ e known h the several namer o f B^wari Dan-
agh Regh, and Jabal Eubzah crosses the path which passes through a gap at an elevation
* From Surag a road goes direct to Binth, tee end of route No. 27-B