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No. 52.
Ling ah to Yazd.
No. of
stage.
Distance, in
MILES,
Names of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Remarks,
would be very difficult, perhaps impracticable in flood season. At 14 miles pass small sarai,
Tan <4 Kuh, £ mile to left of road. Cross several nalas and follow bed of one from 16|
miles to 18g miles. Ascend gradually and pass a sarai at 19| miles. Then descend and
traverse broken ground for If- miles, a steep ascent to sarai of Din, wldch is situated in open
ground. Camp for two battalions. No supplies; water from tank and pools in ravine below.
Time taken, to sarai Kuh-i-Champeh 3 hours 25 minutes, to Din 6 hours. Total, 9
hours 25 minutes.
Kukhibd . 17 59f Follow left bank of ravine, with a perpendicular
ridge on left of road, to If mile. Then descend
among nalas and stony hillocks. At 2§ miles a
small sarai and tank; broad, hard, stony track ;
at 3 miles commence ascent by rocky pathway up a ravine. At miles, summit of low
ridge, gradient 8 °, elevation 1,850'. Descend to Cbabbourkab. At 6 miles, gradient 3°,
small sarai, three ruined tanks and a fourth in good repair. Hoad stony through low hills.
At 8 f miles, smooth gravelly track down bed of nala. At 9^- miles steep descent, 23°
gradient, into deep ravine with perpendicular cliffs and hard sandy bed. At lOf miles steep
descent by 3 -feet pathway, and proceed along another ravine, with firm gravelly bed and steep
sides. (From 10| miles a road to Bandar Abbas vioL Khamir (vide stage 3 of Eoute
No. 20-A.) branches off, the following stages of which are given on the authority of a mule-
driver. From this point to Birka Shekh Yusuf, 8 f miles ; Bini Amur 9f ; Deho 9fDash-
gun 9f miles ; Bandar Hassan 9f miles; Khamir 9f miles. Thence to Bandar Abbas, vid
Route No. 20 -A, 38f miles, total 95 f miles, crossing two ridges en route). Hence down a
ravine in which flows a salt water stream, and at Ilf miles reach bed of Maherun river,
flowing E.; water salt, river bed 60 yards wide ; S. bank easy and sloping, N. bank 30' high and
steep. Without crossing, the road follows up right (S.) bank of river to 12 miles, when cross
and ascend steep gravel bank. At 12f miles arrive at sarai of Maherun,^ no supplies,
spacious but stony camping ground; water from tank. Road up to this point impassable
for wheeled artillery or large bodies of cavalry. Elevation about 1,250'. Leaving Mahe
run, proceed across stony plain, and after passing a tank of good water at 13^ miles,
enter the cultivated ground which extends as far as Kukhird at 14f miles, and proceed
amongst date trees and cultivation as far as that place. Road good and fit for all arms. A
small village of some 200 inhabitants ; a little barley grown ; no supplies ; water good Horn
wells and kanat. Time taken, to Maherun 5 hours 40 minutes, to Kukhird 1| hours.
Total 7 hours 10 minutes.
Bastak* . 9f 69 Start by a level but stony road, pass culti-
2 5 g 0 '. vated ground on left of road, and at 2 f miles pass
Harang, village of 30 houses ; numerous wells;
j after crossing level plain, covered with tufts of
grass, at 3f miles cross a stony nala and ascend gradually ; at 4f miles another ^
steep banks of gravel and boulders. At of miles the road from Charak Anchorge via Jena (the
latter being 12^ miles distant and visible from tbis point) joins in vide below. On the left
of the road is the small sarai of Utari, elevation 1,410'; on the right, near a water-course, is
a large tank of excellent water. Onwards, over stony ground, ascending gradually and
crossing several nalas with difficult banks; ascend a rocky winding path, unfit tor guns,
and cross a ridge or saddle, and at 7£ miles come into sight of Bastak. Descend by a steep
pathway cut out of hillside to level plain. Road passable for all arms except between o miles
and 8 miles where it is unfit for guns. Bastak is unwalled; 600 houses, and 4,000 to 5,OuO
inhabitants ; situated in a small plain, 4 miles from E. to W., 3 miles N. to S. A small fort on
hills 2 miles to S. No traders here ; supplies scanty; water plentiful from wells L0 to 30 deep
in gravelly soil. Inhabitants mostly Sunni Mahomedans and very friendly towards the
British. Time taken, 5 hours.
For road from Liogafi ic Bastak vid Charak, see end ol this route, page 279.
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