'Persia 1888. From Rishir to Bunder Abbas.' [‎10r] (24/69)

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8.
ce the hanks of
hich are steep
; et high. The
apid, the flow
^ater channel,
gently for 100
eason, is about
lan and horse
he ford, wbicli
ned the stream,
id crosses a low
ing in the case
a green grassy
; the vale con
ies for 1| fur-
3 rocky bed of
. Pella's (?),” 20
i about 15 feet
,er, and pass
wheat and bar-
•y and about 20
above sea, 632
f travelling for
ea>port Dayyir
in.
kanar bush, and
1 sandstone hills
ed range of Kut
cr the road are
6 fur-
b 15 _
block tlie
of half-a-
id ascends
•ent. This
iles broad,
3 of date
r Riz 01 '
l Ford-
about 20
ie north
sides of
iz at thfl
ROUTE No. — conid.
Distances.
Number and names of stages.
Inier-
mediate.
Total.
Rivers and
streams.
Remarks.
M„ F.
M. F.
foot of a cliff 36 feet high
200 .
Supplies
W ater
Fuel
Cultivation
Grazing*
The hamlet contains 60 to 70 mat houses. Inhabitants about
Insignificant. No flocks or herds are to be seen.
Good and plentiful from the river, and from a well 36 feet deep.
Fair amount from kanar bush growing in the valley.
None observed, excepting the date groves.
Very good.
Good.
Camping-grounds
Note .—There are, by native report, the two following alternative routes from Baghan
to Darwisheh, via the river Riz valley, between the ranges Kuh Kaal or Kasab on the south,
and Kuh Kantareh on the north side : —
(1) . Initial bearing of the road from Baghan to the village of Kantareh slightly N.
of N.W., and thence to Darwisheh.
(2) . Initial bearing of the road from Baghan to Khumbaruk village slightly W.
of N.N.W,, and thence to Darwisheh,
From Baghan also branches off a road over the hills to the seap >rt Dayyir.
direction S. { E. Distance 25 miles. From native information.
8. Riz ...
General
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Leave Baghan. General direc
tion S. E. i E. The road, travers
ing a grassy valley, runs along the
spit of land, about 200 to 300
yards in its broadest part. The river Riz flows on the west side of the spit at the bottom of
a cliff, which diminisi'es in height as we advance southward. At 2 miles the cliff to west of
the read has merged in the plain, and we cross the dry and shallow bed of a water-course,
called " Kalabodu,” about 20 yards broad, draining westward to the river.
River Riz... ( At 2| miles we ford the river Riz,
shelving banks, same breadth and
depth as at Baghan. At 3 miles
l 7 furlongs the road ascends Kuh
TarjemI, a spur from the range to south-west barring the south-east end of the valley. The
ascent is difficult owing to its steepness an 1 ruggedness. At 4 miles 5 furlongs we reach the
summit of the pass (roughly estimated height above the valley 400 to 500 feet). The descent
is comparatively easy. The pass is not brO'<d enough for field guns. It might probably be
turned by following the course of the river Riz, of which the bed, being gravelly or stony, is
always firm, and the depth of the water, usually a few inches only, does not, I believe, in any
case'exceed 3 feet. At 5 miles 5 furlongs we finish the descent, cross a rivulet called
“ Darya Mirza Kuh,” flow to north-east, and enter on a grassy valley about 4 miles broad,
dotted with small bushes. In crossing Kuh Tarjemi, the rate of travelling for h aded mules
is 1 j miles per hour; we now resume our usual rate, viz., 2 miles 6*4 furlongs. The ground is
broken at times, and covered with ruins. At 9 miles 4 furlongs the road crosses the dry bed
of a nullah, and enters a defile between a range of hills barring the south-east end of the valley.
The rate of travelling for loaded mules now slows down to miles per hour. The defile,
called “ Tang-i Eshkamay Kelat,” is at first from 20 to 30 yards broad, and its sidt-s, either
perpendicular or very precipitous clitfs rise to the height of 100 to 300 feet. At 10 miles 3
furlongs the north side of the defile slopes up at an angle of about 2i)°. On the top of this
slope is a small plateau among the bills named “Guru Kelat,” where at the least estimate a
thousand men might encamp. Altitude above sea, 1,186 feet.
Supplies
Water
Fuel
Grazing
... Nil.
... Procurable, but in what quantity is uncertain.
... Very scanty.
... Fair.