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No. 42.
Jask to 13 am .
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distance, in
MILKS.
Inter
mediate.
Total,
Remarks.
3 Marik
4 Shabifi river.
5 Camp on
Shabifi river
Dazaka Pass
10 ?
15?
15?
20 ?
44
59
74
94
Still through rocky hills.
Emerge from the hills and cross a salt mud plain.
The Sharifi is here a muddy stream in a broad
well-treed valley.
Up the Sharifi river for a short way ; then across
a shingly plain ; again strike the Sharifi, which
is here nearly a mile wide between high perpen*
dicular banks. Camp 3 miles higher up.
A very long trying march up water-courses and
through rocky ground.
From the northern end of the Dazaka pass, a road branches off to Aughuran, the
capital of Bashakard, 2 days’ march or about 35 miles from the Dazaka pass. Aughuran
is a massive half-ruined fort at the confluence of two rivers.
By a desperately hilly road. Two hours’ march
brings one to a picturesque valley, along which
for an hour or so ; then over two or three terrific
hills and into the broad well-wooded valley of the
Sharifi.
Up rocky water-courses, among endless barren
hills, to the foot of the Barahing.
Over a very stony road to the broad and fertile
valley of the Gaz Shirai, near which there is
some dense jungle and many acres of fertile soil.
10 Husen Khan 14 153 Over rocky but fairly open country, the hills
getting lower and lower and the valleys wider.
Camp in the broad Dar Pahan valley near small
mud village.
Follow the river to the wooded plain of Zamin Mulla, almost the most westerly village
of Bashakard. This place is on the direct road between Minab and Bashakard, There
is a more direct route to it from Ban Keram than that followed above.
11 Teli.ing . . | 20 173 Over a smooth plain in a N W. direction ; part 8
of it well treed ; cross the Sindrik river, and about
4 miles further on reach the fertile fields of Tel
ling. Camp among trees. A branch road leads
from here to M inab.
Camp on bunk
15?
109
of Shabifi.
Babahing Hill
15?
124
Ban Kebam .
15
139
Husen Khan
14
153
Telling . . |
120'.
20
173
Sabnai or Sub-
nay.
596’.
15
188
12 Sabnai or Sub- 15 188 Course nearly E. After some hours reach a
narrow defile commanded by ruined fortifications.
The defile is through a perpendicular wall of
rock 100 yards thick and about 100 feet high,
and has been cut by a stream, whose bed is hero about 150 yards wide. Some little distance
beyond is the Seruken river, where the land is of the richest character and beyond are the
date plantations of Sumay. Very fertile valley. From here to Minab 24 miles vi& Bain
(10 miles) across two Gazuki kotals, not practicable for guns. A branch route is reported as
following the course of the river and turning the kotals and practicable for guns.—•(</(!»•
nings) vide Route No. 56, stage 11 et seq.