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No. 27.
Chahbar to Jask.
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distance, in
miles.
Kbuahks.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
of 40 or 50 feet from the level of the plain.
Gahdu-Suti, Yakdar, and Gahrig. The dry beds of the Harlaru, Kargane, Shahr-i-Nao,
Karadans;, and other
Haiman rivers, the ty
with banks 12 feet ^Sometimes overflow their banks. The country passed
ram they become impassanie an : n f some, of the rivers, where
■Raradan 0- and^ other mountain torrents cross the track besides the Ja^in, Gabrig and
Haiman rivers, the two former of which are rapid streams. oO yards wide and 3 feet deep
Haimat . These are generally dry in summer and autumn, but after heavy
SuLhfs sandy and barren, except in the immediate vicinity of some of the rivers, where
h s tolerably fertile. Some camels are procurable, but supplies are very scarce. Good
water is procurable from wells sunk anywhere along the road.
10
Sadech
mile of Sadech river, when
11-62
11
Gabreg
15-57
138‘31 From Surag ground is flat and sandy for 6 miles.
Road crosses rivers Chirit, Reku and Galeh, which
are shallow streams only when in flood ; thence
low, flat-topped hills covered with stones to within a
m,ie ot saaecn nve*, w UCU sandy soil and much iungle of tamarisk and other trees up to river.
Camel road avoids the worst of this stage by keeping to the easier gradients. Sadech river
• we one , and overflows east bank when floods very high. VVest bank is high and hard,
does not cut away. Water good from river. Usual provisions of fowls, eggs, and milk pro-
153-88 For 7 miles the ground is flat sand and sand
' hillocks, then 2 miles of clay plain, after which all
sandy plain and hillocks up to Galneg river. The
, clay plain dries very slowly after rain and is
To avoid this plain a very long detour would evidently be necessary
Much iun«ie with large trees on each side of river, which is wide and
ri”d 0 do“e7n;t S banks. vhiclfh..a gr.d ai l .lope. Water sweet from river.
Sheep, fowls, etc., procurable. , . „ , .
175-12 From Gabreg the ground is all of a sandy
i nature, in places plain, in others high and low
sand-hills, all fairly easy-going. Camels can,
■ however, avoid the worst of these sand hills by a
oliMit divergence from telegraph alignment. On both sides of the Jagin river for along
distance there is much jungle of tamarisk and acacia trees, some of which attain a large size.
A t^the telegraph crossing the east bank is perpendicular. When river either low or dry
the descent to it, is a short distance south of this on east bank, the crossing being in a
north-west direction to west hank, which is slopmg. Ihere is another lord 3 miles south,
called Nihadi: when in full flood the river is sometimes quite impassable for 10 or 15 days,
but usually for not more than 5 or 6 days, owing loathe extreme sowness with which
water flows to sea and subsides. Water obtainable from river good. Ordinary provisions of
country procurable either here or at short distance off.
difficult for camels,
either north or south.
12
Jagin
21-24
13
185-24 Flat sandy ground to Yekdar, 6 miles, where
much cultivation and large date groves ; thence
again flat sandy country all the way to Sharno
, river, where ground much cut up by water, but no
difficulty for camels; thence to Sharno camp 1| miles over sand-hills. Water generally
obtainable from date grove near by, also usual provisions of fowls, chickens, eggs, milk, an
16*28 20162 Sand-hills and flat country for 3 miles, when
camel road strikes off to flat sandy beach which it
follows to Yekbuni village and then strikes up to
telegraph line, which it follows for last 3| miles
14
Sharno . • 110-12
or Shahr-i-Nao
Jask
to Jask telegraph station.