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No. 57.
Sehkuha to Bampur.
Distancb, iir
No. of
MILKS.
Names of stages.
stage.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
14
Damin
H|ca
OO
r-H
2705
Remarks.
tamarisk jungle in rivoi-bed. A
For the first 63 miles road runs along right
bank of Karwanda river. Cultivation on left
bank at mile 2 f ; also on right bank at mile 3^.
High green grass on both sides of river, and dense
„ road to Washt leads up the Rindigan river ; thence over
Muhammad Ali" Khan ^kotai, barely passable for laden animals. From mile 6 | to camp
Damin, at mile 18|, the road generally runs along the broad river-bed ; to-day s route avail-
able for guns the whole way ; wood and grazing, also running water, are plentiful en route.
Damin is a large mud fort in good repair, situated on the left bank of the Karwanda
river. There arc twenty houses outside the fort. (Note.— Damin is the name of the district
bv which the fort is also known, although its proper name is Kala-i-Koran).
Inhabitants, Shambani Baluchis. There is a very large grove of date palms and consider
able cultivation, irrigated from the river; grass, wood and grazing most plentiful. A
certain amount of supplies from the eight villages forming the Damin district. Geneial
direction S.
15
Pahraj
17
2871
For the first mile the road follows the bed of
the Karwanda river ; then, ascending the left bank,
it runs along it till mile 7^, when it crosses
diagonally the said river and ascends the right
bank at mile 10. Cultivation is passed at mile^ 2^ and mile 3. From mile 10 to Pahraj at
mile 17, the road runs over an open plain, passing cultivation at mile 11 ; water, grazing
and wood in plenty en route ; gentle descent the whole way, and road available for guns.
The neighbourhood is well cultivated, aud Pahraj possesses ten good Icarezes and large
date palm groves. Road to-day available for guns.
16
BImpub „ . 13 300| At mile 4| road crosses Kain Segn nala\ grass,
wood and grazing abundant. At mile 6 the road
touches right bank of main Bampur river, and
■■ ■■ here is a large bund for irrigation purposes.
(Note.— The river always possesses a good stream). From mile 6 £ to mde 10 the road
nins through a demo jungle, nothing being visible m nn, direction. Here cultivation,
irrigated from the river, commences and continues towards the W. on the left of road for
miles beyond Bampur. Road runs due W. over a pretty level plain the whole way, and is
now available for guns. Bampur is a very strong mud fort, on the top of a detached ncge
of clay, some 100 feet above the plain. It has a date palm grove and miles of cultivation
all owned by Government.
No. 57A.
Nur Muhammad [stage 10) to Regan.
.—Jennings, 1885. [from native in formation).
No. of
stage.
Names of stages.
Distance, in
milks.
Remarks.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
1
Sam Sob .
25
25
Sam Sur is on a flowing stream ; no village;
forage, grass, wood, grazing, and water abundant
en route.