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Route No. 1— conid.
From Muhammerah to Tehran, fyc. —contd.
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Tim*.
Names of towns. Tillages, &e.
A.M.
5-15
loth April 1884.
Valmian
Distances in
miles.
Interme
diate.
Total.
260
Barometer 27'3"; thermometer 53°.
Crosses a sea of grassy undulations by
gentle gradients; average height of the
undulations 100 ' to 200 '; pasture good;
road o-enerally easy; a few difficult stony bits here and there ; slopes of undulations up to
15°. *
Remarks.
7-5
7-35
Crosses a grassy plateau, in extent 1
mile by 1 mile.
Crosses a low pass in the hills; baro
meter 26‘8" (3,260'). Crosses grassy un
dulations by a good track ; streams occur
in all the hollows ; excellent soil. These
are the pastures of the Hassanwand tribe.
Jaidar lies to the north-west, and tracks
lead there. A good road, practicable for
artillery, is said to lead from this point
across the Jaidar plain by the Shapur bridge, the Tang-i-Dubatchi, and the right bank of the
Kashgan river to Khoramabad {nee page 219).
| 8-5 ! I ... I ... | Barometer 27''.
From the Jaidar plain the valley of the Saimarrah is also reached at Pul-i-Gamashan (see
. Sevised Gazetteer of Pernia, Routes). The road keeps on the
right bank of the Kashgan river, which forces its way amid
tremendous precipices through the Kailun Range, and joins the Karkhah or Saimarrah river
one mile above the bridge. The pass is steep and rocky, and barely practicable to loaded
mules.
Several families of 1 liyats took a parallel
road 800 yards to the eastward ; road
well worn, indicating considerable traffic
along it.
Near the undulating hills known as
Kuh-i-Penawur, rising 300' to 500'.
Barometer 26'55" ; thermometer 70°. A
plentiful stream watersthe valley, in which
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14
9-5
...
...
9-40
...
...
9-45
Tang-i-PenAwttr ...
(elevation 3,570').
13
273
P.M.
6
14th April 1884.
Tang-i-Penawub ...
...
...
Halt; rain. Barometer 26 , 5" ; ther
mometer 60° ; cold damp wind blowing.
The range of undulations (4,100') over which the road now passes run in a direction of
285° for 4 or 5 miles, and end in a high conical hill, beyond which commences another range,
beyond the Kashgan river. To the eastward it runs in a direction of 145° for about the same
distance, there sinking into an undulating country resembling that passed over on the 13th.
Similar undulations appear to continue still further eastward, and to front the Kheolah Range,
recently skirted, on its northern side. Trees of a small size are here first met with. The
Firewood country is treeless to this from the coast, and produces no firewood
except where noted. The oleander and tamarisk bushes men
tioned by travellers seem to have been all expended as firewood.