'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [‎171r] (346/536)

333
xstion NE,
ta, bear-
and follow
it 2| miles
ow covereil
out on to
From the
1 sides to
miles. At
At 8| miles
pass just
9f miles a
)ad atl|
louses); on
es is a spin
re is a well
a low hill,
!S. (Mat
'ruined fort
, iFflier-
round, \\
me ament
[ and 15
m holding
re, Accord -
rds the end
mm s®®
ley cultiva-
and is the
Chahatthe
ows a he 31 '
proxiniatelf
llatin*
liles.
u absolntov
ses W tf
riles to ^
Route No. IV (b)— contd.
right of road there is a small round hut and from here the
road runs on a bearing of approximately 20° or roughly NNE.
for the rest of the stage. At 2| miles a rainwater hauz to left
of road. At 3 miles to the left of the road is a small hill
running diagonally to the direction of the road. At 3| miles
there is a Icarez to the right of the road at present under con
struction. From here to 5|- miles there is a low range of sand
hills about 150 feet high running nearly parallel but slightly
away from road at a distance of 200 to SOO 7 to the left. At 5J
miles there were two hauzes full to the right of road. To the
left of the road at a distance of approximately 3 to 4 miles
there is a range of big hills which run from 7| miles till
the road reaches Afriz at 14 miles. At 8 miles there is a hauz
to the right. From 10 miles to 11J miles road winds through
low range of gravel hills running from E. to W. From 11J
miles to 14 miles road runs down a gentle slope. From Chahak
to Afriz there would be no difficulties for motor cars. Up to
9 miles the surface alternately is pat and hard gravel and
from 9 to 14 miles is entirely gravel. After leaving Afriz the
road goes up a gentle slope for a mile and then crosses a
very steep spur; gradient 1 in 10 which could be avoided
by taking the motor road round the foot of the spur. On
leaving the low foothills on far side of spur the road runs for
6 miles up a steady rise across a stony plain till it reaches a
range of high hills where it enters a Jiala, At 22^ miles ?
i.e., I mile up nala is Kalateh Chahak and a mile and a
half further up is Kalateh Sar-i-ab. From entrance of nala
to end of stage it is impassable for motor cars and would re
quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. very heavy construction work. In its present state it
is even difficult for camels. From Afriz to entrance of nala
very little construction work required for motor road.
Kalateh Sartab has about 50 houses and a ^ flock of _ 200
to 300 sheep. Sides of nala between here and Kalateh Chahak
are terraced with barley, fruit trees and vines.
Water. —From a small stream, yield £ gallon per second.
Villages passed en route—
(I) Afriz.— {a) Smallish village, 50 families. Approximately
100 acres under barley. Bhusa in small quantities.
No firewood.