'Persia 1888. From Rishir to Bunder Abbas.' [‎10v] (25/69)

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ROUTE No. — contd.
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Number and names of stas-es.
Distances.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
M. F.
M. F.
Rivers and
streams.
Remarks,
Thence the read, bj an easy ascent, passes up the defile, which now varies in breadth
from 50 to 200 yards, the rate of travelling becoming 2 miles 2 furlongs per hour. At 11
miles 7 furlongs a rivulet of good watei runs down the defile. Onemile in advance we reach
the summit of he ascent, altitude above sea, 1,556 feet. The road through the defile now des-
c-nds, and is only from 20 to 30 feet wide. At 13| miles the perpendicular cliff, about 200
feet high, forming the north side of the defile, finishes abruptly in a broken precipice. Three
furlongs further on the road enters a grassy vale strewn with the ruins of houses. Here the
'iaim-i Eshkamay ends, and we pass through a chaos of hills. At 16 miles 1 furlong the
road runs along the dry, sandy bed of a water-course, about 15 to 20 yards wide, flow to east;
on the north side of this channel is a cliff from 100 to 200 feet high ; on the south are low
hills.
River Riz Three furlongs in advance we
ford the river Riz, about 2 to 3
feet deep, flow from south to
north. Another half mile, and
we are entering a grassy valley, which is here about half-a-mile broad ; ground gravelly,
eloping at 2° or 3° to the south-west.
The usual rate of travelling is now resumed. At 18 miles 3 furlongs the river Riz flows
on the south side of the road at a distance of 2o yards. The basin of the river, fringed with
a jungle of tamarisk trees, is about quarter of a mile broad. Kive furlongs further on the
road crosses the dry, stony bed of a water-course, about 60 to 7() yards broad, flow to south
west to the river Riz. The road then passes through groves of date trees, and fields of wheat
and barW, which continue till, at 19 miles T2 furlongs, we enter the village of Riz, situated
in a grassy valley about 3 miles broad. The range of Kuh Behram Shah, on the south side of
the valley, is rocky, and presents for the most part a cliff like section with a lower range
ol uravelly hills 500 feet in height at its foot. To north of the village, distant one mile,
are low rounded sandstone hills.
Riz contains a small mud and stone fort with about 150 houses, some being construct
ed of mud and stone, and others of mats.
Altiiute above sea, 1,493 feet.
Population about 500, giving 100 men fit for service.
Supplies ... Barley and wheat considerable ; also some small flecks of sheep and
goats.
W ater ,.
Fuel
Cultivation
Grazing
Camping-grounds
.ZN oFiom the low sandstone hills, one mile to north of the village, the following hear
ings are taken : —
(1) . To thep oint where the road from Riz to Fasruduk, via Knh Baraftab, enters the hills
E. N. E.
(2) . To the point where the road from Rizo to deimezan enters the hills, slmhtlv E.
of S. E. by E. * o j
General hearing of the town of Pasrudnk, N E. by E„ distant 15 miles. The road, which
passes through the hills, is good. (By native report).
General bearing of Dadelmezan, slightly u S. of E. by S., distant 18 miles. (By native
report).
On the stage from Baghan to Riz, a road, by native report, branches off to the sea-port
Dayyir, general direction of which port from Riz is S. W. W., and the distance, over
a hilly country, 23 miles.
Plentiful and good from the river Riz.
Plentiful from kanar bush.
Barley and wheat, good ; also extensive date groves.
Very good.
Good.