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Route No. 1— contd.
From Muhammerah to Tehran, Sfc. —contd.
Distances in
MILES.
^ ’S
Time.
Names of towns, villages, &c.
Remarks.
I®
"A
Interme
diate.
Total.
A.M.
2-5
Descends by difficult, steep, stony path
into the deep bed of the Hussaineh stream.
Crosses the stream, presenting no dilfi-
culties, and ascends out of the valley by
a path similar to that of the descent.
2-20
Kal’a Hussaineh ...
3±
201
Passes Kal’a Hussaineh, a small fort.
2-45
201
Descends into and ascends out of the deep
valley of the Tiktik-Ab ; both difficult on
account of ledges of rock and boulders, and
crosses the Waran Tushmal mountains.
After crossing several ravines, the beds
of streams flowing into the Balarud, and
traversing several stretches of swampy
ground covered with large boulders at
5-35 i , ... ... 5-35 a.m., the road reaches the Bidruge
plain,* and, improving, rises gradually
through intricate rocky hills; pasture good and abundant, notwithstanding the stony nature
of the ground ; barley and clover is sown broadcast and allowed to reproduce itself annually.
With the exception of the Balarud and the Hussaineh stream, those crossed are dry during the
summer mont hs.
8-25
Kal’a-Rezza
tion 1,560').
6 --- — ! Road undulates in and out of numerous
streams, and is strewed with boulders ; at
times it runs along slippery slopes of
rock.
Traversing the Kal’a-Rezza valley, de
scends by a stony path. Bar<meter 28 5"
(1,560'). The pasture of the vu I ley is good;
it is suited for a large encampment; fire
wood very scarce.
(eleva- ?7 P 214 Passes the ruined fort KaTa-Re'/a. The
Dirikawands pasture their flocks in the
vicinity. The Kabir-Khh here ends in a
, peak called the Dum-i»Shah. Several clear
streams cross the valley, which is 2 miles long by 1 mile broad (north and south)* Across its
north-west extremity runs the Ab-i-Zal, a torrent rising high up in the fastnesses of the Kal
Aspad and Anarah-rud and difficult to ford.
11 9-45 Ab-i*Zal ... 4 218 | Camp on the left bank of the river Z:ib
The Sagwand subdivision of the Bajilan
tribe of Lurs, Chief Hajji Ali Khan, in
i m r/M ... about 1 , 00 :) families, was encamped
icio. the Zal is here a rapid stream, 20 feet to 60feet wide, flowing in a deep valley
between perpendicular cliffs of conglomerate, 50 feet to 100 feet high (see page 351 ); it was
unton able: a day later,nearer its mouth, it was 2 feet deep and fordable. Its valley is 2 to 3
mi es noad. lo the north it is bounded by the Kuh-i-Kneolah or Kailun, a range of barren
c on m ted hills, m parts largely composed of decomposed gypsum ; to the south lies the Kiih-i-