'Persia 1888. From Rishir to Bunder Abbas.' [‎26r] (56/69)

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ROUTE No.
■contd
Number and names of stages.
Distances.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
M. F.
M. F.
Rivers and
streams.
Remarks.
tumular gravelly mounds border tbe road. At 9 miles 3 furlongs, we cross a dry rav ne
or canon, about 40 feet in breadth, with sides either very steep or perpendicular.
Withiu the next 1 mile 2 furlongs we twice cross the dry, sandy bed of a water-comae
about 40 teet broad. Low bills, showing a cliff-like section, now run on either side,
distant from the road, about ffdf a mile to north, and one mile to south. At II 5 miles we
are passing between low gravel bills or mounds, between which ravines and nullahs wind
and twi>t: This continues for one furlong, when, ascending a steep bank, we rise from the
1 a vines, and, passing foi half a mile over a level surface, again descend, by a steep slope,
into another labyrinth of ravines similar to those previously passed. The road lies
over mounds of dry mud and gravel. At 12 miles 5 furlongs we ascend from the
ravines bv a steep ascent, cross some undulating ground, and. at 13 miles 2 fur-
lomrs, traverse a level part of the valley with the ravines, on either side of the road,
at a distance of a few hundred yaids. The ground is now stony and sandy, sparsely
covered with verv thin yellow grass and small scrub.. This continues for two furlongs.^
Within the next 5 furlongs the road twice descends into, and ascends from a labyrinth, ot
stony ravines. At 14 miles we once more descend into a ravine about 175 yards broad, of which
the south side is bordered by a clayey sandstone cliff, and the nortn by low tumular mounds.
A water-course. 40 fret in breadth, containing pools of brackish water,^ nows to north-east
on the north side of the defile, which narrows in as we advance. At 14 miles 3 furlongs
the road passes along the bed of this water-curse. The defile at its norto-east end is not
more than 30 yards broad, the bed of the water-course occupying tne whole of this breadth
At 15 miles 2 furlongs the ravine suddenly trends eastward, and we a-ceml by a .steep and
stony si one to the general level of the valley. The rate of travelling, when traversing these
ravines, decreases to 2 miles 2 3 fnrlonp per hour. At 15 nodes 3 turlor.^ th* enravansem
and one cistern of Birkeh Noh, bah of winch are in good repair, and the laltet full of good
water. Altitude above sea. 910 feet. There is a large extent of open ground about the cara
vanserai To north of this open space the ground is cut up by a network of dry water
courses, and mounds covered wilt, grass and thickets of tanar and otuer smat trees On all
other sides the surface of the valley is much broken by ravines, low grave . 0 bids, Ac. " u-
pigeon plentiful.
Supplies
Water
Fuel
Culnvation
(1 razing
Camping-ground
Nil.
Good from one large eister:
Plentiful from ka nir busn.
Nil.
Pair.
Gitod.
27. Bibkeh Sultan 1 14 — 1
391-5*4
Leave Birkeh Nob. General
direction E. by S. f S. The road,
which is stony, proceeds at first
. along open ground ; but this grat
duillv slopes downwards, till we are passing through a shallow basin with sloping sides The
road runs ahm- the north side of the ravine, which is 250 yards broad, and nariows in as we
Pdlce to 70 yards. On the south side the ravine is bordered by very stony, low sandston
hills or mounds. 50 to lOD feet high, sloping up at angles of 10 to 45, and at ti --
presentin'-'' a cliff-like section. On the north side there is a low bank gently sloping P
the level of the valley. To the south of the road, the giouud slopes down steeply to the
, ,, . ..I , touu;,, wwo mile seven furlongs, the road crosses two dry and shal-
low water-courses, and two fur
longs further on a small rivulet
of good fresh water, flow of all
from north to the bottom of thg
ravine, which slopes gently downwards in the "diAction of the course. At 2| miles the
t • •
Rivulet
• t •
♦ • •
Chagulangi
(good fresh
water).