'Persia 1888. From Rishir to Bunder Abbas.' [‎18v] (41/69)

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Distances.
Humber and name* of stages.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rivers and
streams.
Rcmarkfl.
M. P.
M. P.
Road (3) is traversed in this rente. For the mads (1) and 2) routes I,os. and Nos.
twitl s Butcher, from native information. Passing through Aral, the road then skirts
the low hiUs of limy sandstone lying at the foot of the range Knunj. Ihe valley to south
If the road which is over gravellv ground, is green with alternate tracts of cultivation
and eriss- and, and is about 3 miles broad. Having advanced 2 miles 1 furlong we pass a
and glass i*uu, sfr^am date srrcve on tne south side of
Stream
“■ Chasavil ”
(water brac
kish),
grove on
the road, and at 13 miles cross a
small stream, called “ Chasavil,’*
which is the name also of the
Walitv This stream has a shallow basin about 30 to 40 feet broad with shelving bank,,.
Wdth of water 10 feet, and depth a few inches, flow to S. W. by W. At thi. point there
The road now enters among, and passes through low hills. At 14 miles
for the last mile, been running,, close to
is a water-mill.
1 furlong the road crosses a dry nullah, that has
the south side of the road, to W. S. W.; the 1
almost perpendicular. Three furlongs
banks, earthy and
advance we cross
with grass,,
another nullah, bed dry
overgrown
hills, proceeding anouiei ^ i ~ i ° A
17 miles 6 furlongs th^ level, grassy amphitheatre has narrowed m to a vale about 500 ya d_
broad well cultivated with barley and wheat. At 18 . miles 4-3 furlongs, the village of
Gazdun, consisting of about 40 mud and stone houses inhabited, and the same niunoer in
Inhabitants, 150 to 170.
Small.
Good.
Scanty.
Good.
Of small extent near the village.
Good.
ruins.
Supplies
W ater
Tuel.
Grazing
Cultivation
Camping grounds
A VI. 2
20 .
17—37
27C—0*6
Leave Gazdun. General direc
tion hi. by N. ^ N. The road, for
half a mile, passes over a grassy
expanse between l° w hills, it then
winds among small hills or rather mounds, where the kanar bush grows in abundance. A
1| miles the low bills through which we have been passing have disappeared, and the rang©
Khunj, now sinking into the plain, appears 300 yards to north. To south of the 1 ’oad, we
look over a smooth grassy valley about 4 miles broad, dotted with kanar and bramble, an
sloping gently downward to S. E. At 4 miles 5 furlongs the ground, of gravel and lime
stone, becomes stony and undulating. One furlong in advance low lulls spring up at t e
foot of the low range Khunj, and border the north side of the road at distances varying Irom
100 yards to half or three-quarters of a mile. This continues for three furlongs, when, we
strike and skirt the foot of Kuh Khun], which slopes up steeply from the path to the .
of two or three hundred feet. At 6 miles the road ascends a limestone hill (Kuh Ke a -i
Otar). The pass, called “ Gardeneh Mabada,” is very short, but rather steep and narrow, an jn
its present state, only passable for pack animals. We ascend the pass for about 3 furlongs,
the rate of travelling for loaded mules being 1 mile C furlongs per hour. The ground then
opening out, and the ascent becoming easy, the ordinary rate of travelling is resumed.
At 6 miles 7 furlongs we attain the summit of Kuh Kelat-i Otar ; altitude above sea, o,oo
feet. , 1 ^
We are now on a grassy plateau, ground stony and gravelly, and, proceeding
mile, cross a dry nullah. At 10 miles 3 furlongs the road passes between low tumular hi s,
and l£ furlongs further on we are passing along the north bank of a cutting or ravine, 50 or
Low hills touch the road on the north side, and also rise from the south banK o
At 11 miles 2 furlongs we descend by a steep slope into a shallow and narrow
feet deep,
the ravine.