'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line' [‎44r] (92/300)

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.in to Sar-i-Yezd,
to the left. Maz-
te right at 12 03
is uninhabited at
neh, is reached at
;ermediate
Total
Miles.
Miles.
1701
39-56
lirection, the road
:eeping the above
e-fourths of a mile,
. The cultivation
ian Telegraph line
route at Zain-ed-
ir march, nestling
35, a track strikes
>63 miles the road
s point, there is
en a torrent bed
ied, at which poin t
6 miles off to our
’ a mountain race.
left, and a quarter
massed. Again for
dually ascending,
Lt*775 miles. The
yards to our right,
er. A few yards
ih with the main
It IG Sl, we pass
some 600 yards to
;ern extremity of
ermediate
Total
Miles.
Miles.
14-62
64-18
ly direction, very
y round its north-
;hanges to south-
south-east. A line of sweet water Kanats is passed at *205. A splendid road,
with nothing to note, is traversed till G'oo miles, when a line of fCauats crosses
the road from the Gdrd-Kmh base to the valle\ r , These Kanats are drv at
present, bat it is anticipated a village will in time spring up in the vallev,
and water lead down to it. The Gird-Knh keeps about 2 miles distant to the
right, the road running along the slope, while a valley some 8 miles broad
stretches to the leit. The south-eastern end of the Grird-lCuh is reached at
Urn2 miles, and the main range of mountains is now some 15 miles to our
rieht, with an intervening strip of Kavir, which is coated with a thick salty
elll )iescence, while on our lelt the ground, which has been firm gravel to this
point, turns into a “ Kaviry description. Kermanshahan on the main road
can be seen bearing 10b , and the Shims Kuh 162°. The road continues firiM
and O ood, with a strip ot Kavir on both sides to 13’29, when the ground is
ain good. A line of sweet water Kanats crosses the road at the above poitir,
while a second line is passed at 13 75 miles. Mehdiabad, the first of a cluster
ot se\en villages, is reached at 13'87 miles, and lies to our immediate left.
Our tents were pitched opposite to Banderoon, another village nearly a mile
fnt'rher on, but as Mehdiabad had an abundance of sweet water and shadv
gardens, we changed our camp to it.
^ The road is good throughout, and fit for wheels. There is not a single
nullah, torrent bed or undulation. Ihe small strip of Kavir is insignificant.
Banreroon to Shems.
Date.
No. of
March.
Route.
Intermediate
M lies.
Total
Miles.
21st October 1898
5
Shems, 4,851 feet.
19-45
73*63
Our path strikes off south-south-west across tlio plain in the direction of
Kermanshahan, which is seen lying near the foot of che mountains, 4^- miles cff.
due ascent is very gradual over a gravelly plain, which is covered with
booteii. At 2T2 miles, the road bifurcates, the rieht or westerly one
keying on the same bearing, 195°, to Kermanshahan, while we turn due south.
We pass Kermanshahan about half a mile to the right at 3-28 miles. The
Persian Telegraph line crosses our path at 4'4S, and a few vards further
on we again join the main caravan and Post road, which we had left at
bar-i-Yezd to avoid the 2 desert stages of Zain-ed-Deen and Kermanshahan.
Our direction is now south-south-east, and gradually ascending a firm, but at
times stony road, with the Te’egraph line crossing to the right at 5'23 miles, we
enter a low spur of rocky hills, forming a crescent from nortK-east to south
west, at 8'96 miles. The top of this ridge is reached at 9‘5 miles, and is 4S0'
higher than our camp at Banderoon. The descent is again very gradual, over
an excellent road, bearing a trille nearer south till 10 (j miles, when we again
swung round to the south-east. good view of the wide barren plain, with the
bhenis caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). visible 9 miles off and the Persian line skirting it and
proceeding to Anar, is here obtained. The hills end at 11*05 miles, and w*e
continue over an arid, w r aterless plain, without a single knoll or undulation
to the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). of Shems. The road is good throughout, and fit for wdieels.
Water as well as supplies will have to be carried from Banderoon for this and
part of the next stage.
Shems to Anar.
Date.
No. of
March.
Route.
Intermediate
Miles.
Total
Miles.
22nd October 1S98 ...
6
Anar, 4,431 feet
19-75
93-38
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