'Report on the Preliminary Survey of the Route for the Central Persia Telegraph Line' [‎59v] (123/300)

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Abaiiek to Deharzeen or Darzeen.
Date.
o. of
Route.
Intermediate
Total
M lies.
Miles.
Miles.
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25th November 1898 ...
6
Deharzeen 4,575 feet.
1D94
99T6
This day’s march lay in the wide open plain mentioned in yesterday’s nofe,
the direction being E.-S.-E. throughout, and the country absolutely flat, though
stony. We crossed a small stream of sweet water at '25, and at 1*4«25 miles
Sarvistan could be seen some 7 miles to the right, or south-west. After passing
a black slate hill on the left at 2*05, the valley can be seen extending to the left lor
9 miles to the Kafut hills, and to the right for some 25 miles to the lofty snow
capped Jamal Bariz range. Not a village nor a hut is in sight, nothing to mar
the view on either side, while almost straight ahead a high snow topped peak,
bearing 122°, evidently Bazman Kuh, can be seen some 140 miles off. The 3rd
mile brings us to a dry torrent bed, an off-shoot of the Tehriid, and continuing
over a gravelly stony plain, with the Tehrud bed half a mile to our right, we
cross a second branch (dry torrent bed) at 10'3 miles. Erom this point to 13'12,
when we cross the main channel, the road lies in the flood limit. The main
bed extends from 13'12 to 13 25 miles, when it goes off to the left. The course
of this winter torrent is very badly defined, and it can only be traced by the
tamarisk bushes which grow in the flood line, and yet the drainage is consider
able. Its breadth appears to be about 1,000 yards, with no depth, and is at all
times fordable. The safest plan, so as to avoid all these ramifications, is to keep
to the left, or N.-E., along the Kaput range and leave Deharzeen 4 miles to the
right, or south-west. The road from Sarvistan joins iu at 15 51 miles on the
right, and at 15'75 the Deharzeen mill, wirh five willow trees, is passed 100 yards
to the right. There is another winter road which keeps on the left bank of the
river from Bam to Abarek via Bagh-i-Chemak, and we should follow it. The
road is level but stony, and is passable to wheels.
Deharzeen to Bam.
Date.
No. of
March.
Route.
Intermediate
Miles.
Total
Miles.
27th November 1S98 ...
7
Bam 3,605 feet.
15-74
114-90
After a day’s halt at Daharzeen, owing to excessive rain, we left that
thrifty little oasis on the 27th, and at first weut east-south-east down a wide
valley. Before a mile had been registered, we entered the dry bed of the
Tehrud, and throughout this march we either kept in the channel or on its right
bank. Kaleh Ajuree (ruins) was passed 50 yards to the right at 1*7 miles,
while on the left, 100 yards distant, we saw Kaleh Arzanee (ruins) at 1'865 miles.
Cultivation extended on our immediate right from Daharzeen for 2 miles. The
Kaleh Deh Desht (ruins) are next seen 100 yards to our left at 2 83 miles.
The river bed kept to our right for a short distance at 3^ miles, and the ground
round here was much cut up. Bearing further to the east, we entered the joint
river bed at 7'53, and kept down the middle of this, which is some 500 yards
broad and of fine gravel. The ground to our right is much cut up by nullahs,