'Persia 1888. From Rishir to Bunder Abbas.' [‎23v] (51/69)

ROUTE No.
— contd.
Number and names of stages.
DlBTiHCBS.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rivert and
streams.
Remarks.
M. P.
M. F.
The valley slopes gently to the foot of the range to south. From one to one and a half
miles to south of Hormuz are extensive date groves, extending nearly to the foot of the
S and also tracts cultivated with wheat and barley, &e., irrigated by means of large
wells.
7ery limited.
Good from one tank.
Scanty except for date trees.
Fair.
Supplies
W ater
Fuel
Grazing
Cultivation
Camping-ground.
25. Pab Pae Dalan
(Caravanserais.)
Fair.
Good.
17—7
862—1*4
Leaving
Hormuz,
1
2
general direc
tion S. S. E. | E., we traverse a
grassy valley over clayey ground.
] At three furlongs the road passes
a caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). containing 20 lower rooms, and, close by, another, which is smaller and more
ancient. Three furlongs in advance we cross the dry and shallow bed of a water-course,
named “ Par-i Khan,” breadth about 40 yards, flow from E. to W. 1 he ground is now stonj,
gravelly, and undulating. A dry water-course, styled « Haja.nal, ' runs to southward, at a
distance of 20 to 30 yards, on the west side of the road, at the bottom of a deep ia\ine 01
cutting; about 100 yards broad. At 1 mile 1 furlong the road descends abruptly by a steep
slope into this cutting, which has now widened out into a basin 500 yards broad overgrown
with kanar bush. The banks of the water-course, on the west side of the basin, are lined
with date trees. We traverse the cutting, which is called “ Bagh-i Paroshuir, for halt a mile
and ascend by a steep slope to a smooth grassy valley sloping southward. At - ,
furlong we again descend into the river-formed ravine or basin, about 100 yards broad,
bordered by low gravel hills, or rather mounds. Seven furlongs in advance, a wall three teet
hio-h of loose, rough stone, borders, for the next half mile, the east side of the road, ibis
place is named “ Bagh-i Parobardin, ,, and, although now neglected and abandoned, was
formerlv the site of a garden or cultivated enclosure. There are still to be seen the remains,
of an open irrigation conduit or ditch. The stream Hajamal, on the west side ot the ravine,
^ runs between steep gravel banks to
Stream Haja
mal (water
brackish).
point of crossing ; the bed, which is very stony, and about 7 „_ - , i
water in pools. The nearer or northern banks are lined with tamarisk bush. 1 lie stream t
runs on the east side, and out of sight of the road, between high cliff-like banks. iv
hundred yards after crossing the stream, we pass a large cistern, full of good water, ana
a caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). containing 24 lower rooms. Having left this caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , w uc i ‘j a e
“ Haiamal,” the road, still passing through the ravine, is very stony, and goes, np ana aow ,
between low gravelly hills. The rate of travelling, accordingly, decreases to 2 miles
furlongs
At 5 miles 5 furlongs we strike the river Hajamal, about 150 yards broad, neaily bccu
pying the whole breadth of the defile, and pass along its western bank. e ^ iv ® r ,
narrows to 30 yards, and the road passes over its pebbly, sandy bed. At 6 mi es u
the road emerges from the bed of the river, which continues to run close on e eas
We then cross two water-courses, the dry beds of which, about 20 y ar( ^ s wl( ^ e ’^ re . 1I Q C nn S e{,rds
with salt, flow eastward to the river Hajamal. At 6 miles 6 furlongs the de ,,
broad, with the river running on the east side at the base of cliffs about 60 t ee ^ ^ ^ ,
road, on the west, skirting low gravel hills or mounds, which at times form ch s , e
so in height. At 7 miles 1 furlong we cross the dry stony bed of the river i a] am a ,
southward, and is here 30 yards in
breadth. At 4£ miles we cross
the Hajamal, banks shelving at
20 yards broad, contains only salt