'Persia 1888. From Rishir to Bunder Abbas.' [‎26v] (57/69)

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ROUTE No.
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td.
Distances.
Number and names of stages
Inter
mediate.
Total.
Rivers and
streams.
Remarks.
M. F.
M F.
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Campinir-^rttund
At Taki Khani th“
north bank of the stream Shi vi-
rawun, breadth of water, which
is salcish, about 30 yards, and
depth H inches, banks perpen-
TX/hT'valley now to^hea the roa-l on the north side. At 3 miles 2 furlongs we
11 * 1 *■ ! Stream Shivi- twice cross the stony bed, con-
rawun. taining water in pools, of the
stream Shivirawun, that had been
running down the ravine, imme-
diately to south of the traok. Within another 200 yards the road passes the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). and
c stern of laid Khani, both of which are in *ood repair, and the latter full of sweet water.
On the south bank of the stream Shivirawun is a second cistern containing, by native report.
good water.
Supplies ••• Nil.
Water ••• Oood and pie tit’nl from a cistern.
Moderate from small bush.
Cultivation ... Nil.
Scanty.
Al Juki lvu.uu ..... avine has steep cliff like si les, and is from 200 to 250 yards broad.
Half a mile in advance this breadth diminishes to 70 or 80 yards and the cliffs give place to
low tumnlar undulations. After leaving the ciravanserai of lak^ Khan^ve pas, along j the
Stream Shi vi
va wun
(water brack
ish). , . .
dicular about 3 or 4 feet high. This stream we twice cross, and at 4 miles ascend by a steep
slope to the level of the valley The road, now good and hard, but not excessively stony
as it has been hitherto, traverse's a vale almut half a mile broad, sparsely covered with short
dried up <r ra-s, bounded to south bv a labyrinth of deep and broad ravines backed by low
ranges of'lolls, and to north bv a spur from Kuh Zad Mahmud, formed of inclined sandstone
strata dipping southward, and called “ Kishi”. Proceeding thus for two miles ana a half the
road becomes stony. At 7 miles 3 furlongs we pass the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , and two large cisterns
of Kishidari, all in good order, and the latter full of water. _ Altitude above sea, 423 feet.
The summit of the spur Kishi, to north-east of the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , is 430 feet above the ground
level at the cisterns.
Nil, but might be collected from surrounding villages.
Good from two large cisterns.
Moderate, from kanar, and other bush in the ravines 400 yards
to south of the caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). .
Cultivation ... Nil.
Grazing f air. in the lavines.
Camping-ground Good.
The ground, on the northern side of the spur Kishi,_ is broken up by a chaos of low
bills, which extend to the foot of the mountain range bounding the north side of the mam
valley. Through these low hills, six hundred yards to north of the same spur, a stream or
water-course, also styled “ Kishi,” threads its way, and runs to E. by S.
At 8 miles the road descends into a ravine, and crosses a dry water-course about 40 feet
wide, with steep, perpendicular banks, flow to N. Within half a mile we cross the same
channel, banks of gravel, about 4 feet high. At 9 miles we again descend into a ravine
about 200 yards broad, and skirt its north side, the dry bed of a water-course running on the
opposite side. The north bank of the ravine slopes down to the road, which, is now very
stony, and gradually becomes shallower, till, at 9 miles 7 furlongs, it merges in the valley.
Another 400 yards, and we cross a dry water-course, which then flows 100 yards or so distant
from the north side of the road, at the foot of the spur Kishi. From now till stage a con
tinual succession of nullahs and dry water-courses, some with steep gravel banks, cross the
road from the south.
Supplies
VV ater
Fuel