'ROUTES IN PERSIA. (VOLUME I.) (KHORASAN AND SISTAN.)' [‎175v] (355/536)

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Route No. V (e)—condd.
Grazing. —Good.
Supplies. — Nil.
6 CHASHMEH
GAZTJ.
120|
20 m. General direction S.
Road goes in direc
tion of Kuh-i-Nai-
i j ^ , nun ux xYun-i«iNai-
band 6 miles to the W. side ; there are ranges of hills some 4 or
5 miles to W., and low hills close to road. At 10 miles empty
i? UZ J thls P° lnt a kdvir is noticeable about 6 miles E of
the track running roughly N. and S. At 12 miles Bauri, three
3Tif elterS , and an empty hauz - After this P° int broken
c hilly ground is met with, followed by a little pass of 3,700 feet.
t Jb 2 miles more broken ground and a range running NW.
’AhlbsT^A + ^o 0 ^-! 5 Ti 68 t0 W ’ ° f road is a sma11 villa ge,
Ahabad. At 20 miles Chashmeh Gazii, stone shelter in ruins.
but'drinSw 68 h l S ?t ge at Chashmeh shiir ’ wat er very brackish
but drinkable, which he places 11 miles from Naiband. Possibly
is identical with Sykes’ Chashmeh Gazu.
Water. From a salt spring.
Fuel. — Nil.
Grazing .—Scanty.
Supplies. — Nil.
7 NAIBAND
(3,400').
mi
11 m. General direction S. bv
W. Then over a
until at 14 miles there are a few palms to leftTbout 1 mih from
track, but no water. At 15 miles a hilly belt about 1 mile across,
quite impassable for wheels. At 16 miles the camel and mule
tracks separate and the mule track goes across some of the
and 8 ?Wpni° Un f d lmaglnabIe ’ insisting of continual ascents
and descents of a very severe nature. A detour practicable for
wheels lies over a perfectly flat plain to the E. by which the
impassable hilly belt mentioned above can easily ^e avoided!
It would involve marching 1 or 2 miles eastward only. Naiband
is a fair sized village of some 100 houses ; it was planted as an
outpost against the Baluchis. The inhabitants make their
iving by importing corn, etc., and reselling it to traveLs as
Route 0 IV (frSta'gel 8 C ° rn ^ thelr ° Wn consum P tion - See