'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎141] (310/524)

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Art. YII. —Remarks on a recent Journey from Bushire to
Shirauz, by Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Felly, Acting Political Re
sident, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Contributed by Government.
Read before the Society, January 21st, 1864.
I have the honour, in continuation of
ment," of AutusTLosT 1 ' 1 ' letter aS P er mar S in ’ to submit a few
remarks on my recent journey to Shirauz.
2- Appended is a tabular statement giving an approximate estimate
of the trade of Shirauz-
3. Appended also is a sketch Map of our route from Bushire to
Shirauz, obligingly prepared by Doctor Colvilh
4. Specimens of rock* broken off in situ from the ranges of hills
traversing the route between the plain of Bushire and that of Perse*
polis are separately submitted. These specimens have been carefully
collected by Doctor Colvill.
5. The country between Bushire and Shirauz may he divided in
to—
1st. —The plain stretching from the shore line of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to the lowest spurs of the mountain ranges, near Barazjan and
Daulekee.
2nd. —The succession of passes commencing at Daulekee, and
leading up into the high plateaus of Persia.
6. The general aspect of the first division is that of a dead and arid
flat, almost level with the water-line, fringed here and there with lines
of date trees, and here and there, at wide intervals, sown with barley,
wheat, melons, cucumbers, and other vegetables. Indeed, as I first look
ed inland towards the mountain ranges from the top of a house in Bushire,
I was reminded of the plain stretching from the frontier of Upper Sind
to the foot of the Bolan ; and as I looked back from the mountain
* Also a Geological Memorandum on the route.
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