'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [‎144r] (292/536)

Route No. IH(d)— coyitd.
Water. —The spring at Mazarab is sweet and is situated at
the foot of the hills.
Fuel. —No information.
Fodder. —Camel grazing is fairly plentiful.
Supplies. — Nil.
2 DARVAZEH or 24*2 m. The track runs up
ZIARAT-I-LAN. the valley in a
38.6 GAR-I-SULTAN. NNW. direction,
and at 13 miles skirts the foot of some hills and changes direc
tion to NE. At about 20 miles a low pass is crossed and the
track gradually descends to a large water-course between high
hills, which it follows until the shrine of Ziarat-i-Langar is
reached in the bed. Here there is a spring of water which
tastes sweet although full of salt.
Wafer. —Spring in bed of river, see description of stage.
Fuel. —No information.
Fodder. —There is a little coarse grass near the spring, but
camel grazing is scarce.
Supplies. — Nil.
3 MUKH-I- .. 12 m. The road runs down
SURKH. the water-course, and
50 .g at 1 | miles passes
through the darvdzeh, a narrow entrance, some 40 feet wide,
between massive rock cliffs, some 60 feet high. Here the load
emerges from the hills and runs down a stony water-course to
7 miles, when it changes direction to N. and runs down the
E. spur of the Mukhi Surkh hill, which is detached from the
Palangan Kuh. At 12 miles the spring of Mukhi Surkh is
reached at the foot of the hills. The track is rocky but is
practicable for all arms.
See Route III, stage 5.
4 CHAH GINAKl 40-7 in. The road runs in a
,general easterly
gpg direction over a level
plain. The first 14 miles are stony, then follows an expanse of
dry mud encrusted with white salt, which extends foi some 3
to 4 miles. This is flooded with water later in the year. The
remainder of the march is over a pot plain with scanty growth
of coarse grass and a species of camel-thorn ; there is no sign of