"الطرق في بلاد فارس. (المجلد I.) (خراسان وسيستان.)" [ظ‎‎١‎٣‎٣] (٥٣٦/٢٧١)

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Route No. II(m)— contd.
brick caravanserai. It is on the old road between Persia and
Bokhara. From March to July 200 families of Afghan nomads
with 20,000 sheep, 500 camels and 120 horses are to be found
in the neighbourhood, the grazing being very good.
Water .—JGood from a spjing.
2 KILA JAMRUD 22 m. General direction N.
practicable for transport and artillery. For the first 16 miles
the track lies along the valley of the Hari Rud. The soil
is strongly impregnated with salt and becomes very swampy
in damp weather. The last 6 miles run over small sand-hills.
Kila Jamrud has no inhabitants, and the fields here are worked
from Amlnabad. It is better to move 3| miles down the river
Jam and camp at its junction with the Hari Rud, as the water
of the former is so salt as to be hardly drinkable.
Fuel. —Available.
Grazing. —-Available.
gation cut parallel to it, are difficult, owing to a bad bottom,
even for cavalry ; bridges (for which no material is available
locally) would be necessary for wheeled transport. The road
runs § mile down the Jam and then for 7 miles through a valley
with the old bed of a river in the centre, intersected by many
nalas. It then crosses two ridges running SE. to NW. The
second ridge is difficult even for pack animals. The path then
winds through a labyrinth of hills and ridges. At 8 miles there
is the spring of Gala Chashmeh with brackish water, a little
off the road. The fields at Kila MSL15 are worked from
Amlnabad ; water from the river Mala ; fuel and fodder along
it and an irrigation cut from it.
Water .—From the river.
Fud. —Available.
Grazing. —Available.
4 KILA ISTUl 26 m. General direction NE.
37
Though only a track
exists, this stage is
3
KILA MALA .. 134 m. General direction NW.
50|
The fords across the
Jam, and an irri-
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For 16 miles there
is a path for pack