'ROUTES IN PERSIA. SECTION III' [‎168v] (341/739)

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Mash ad to Tehran, vid N ishahuv ) SahzciwdT^ fyc.
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N ishabub
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summit of hill in one hour and five minutes.
Elevation 9,400'. Ridge runs N. and S., and has
a broad summit covered with fields of snow, across
which the path leads. Descent is due W. by very
steep and stony path down into a deep and dark
defile. In 20 minutes reached the^ Robat-i-Deh
Rud. Small springs here. Elevation 8,235'.
From this route follows defile S. W. by a very steep
and stony path, through a narrow gorge choked
with snow. In 58 minutes came to the spot
where a branch defile from right joins route with
its own stream, and beyond this point the enlarged
stream flows in a wider gully. Road everywhere
very rough and stony, and only passable in
summer months. In 30 minutes from this reached
the vineyards and orchards of Deh Rud, and in 20
minutes more arrived in the village. On reaching
the gardens road turns to right out of defile.
Elevation 5,300'. Village contains 500 houses,
mostly empty : not more than 60 families. Light
baggage, carried on mules, though started from
Jagar at 7-30 a.m ., did not arrive until 10 p.m.
Thomson's account is : —
Up stream gradually ascending ; road bad, after
hours (old stone sarai on right) very steep ascent
commences and continues for 50 minutes : road
then easy along crest of ridge till summit is reach
ed, altitude considerably over 9,000 ft^, descent
now commences, at first very steep. At 5| hours
reach stone sarai on right: stream here com
mences : continue descent till nearly level ground
at 6| hours: cross small bridge to right and reach
Deh Rud village at entrance to pass.
Route west, diverging to the right from the Deh
Rud rivulet, down a gravelly hillskirt to the
Nishabur plain. In one hour, passing the villag®
of Pushtfarosh, a little to the left, descended be
tween low mounds to the plain, and then going
west-north-west, in 40 minutes more passed the
Kadamgah village to the left, and 30 minutes
later, the abamhar and village of Ardagh-ich, a
little to the left, and in one hour and five minutes
more reached Abbasabad, a little to the left of road.
On route from Kadamgah, passed the following
villages on the right; Khawar, Burj Miran,
Dasht, Bijan and Ayik. To the south and west
the plain is everywhere dotted with villages and
gardens.
Proceeding from Abbasabad, in 30 minutes passed
Shahahad on the left of the road, and beyond
this passed several graveyards and hamlets, and
in one hour more arrived at Nishabur.
Road throughout good, and everywhere along, rich
corn crops and excellent pasture.