'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎150] (319/524)

150 REMARKS ON A RECENT JOURNEY
33. A little before reaching the causeway, the road branches off i n
a Southerly direction, and passing
through the villages as per margin,
joins the Southern or Ferozeabad
or Eliant road from Shirauz to Bushire
It may be illustrative of the diffi
culty of arriving at the truth of any
statement in Persia, to allude to the
following circumstances relative to the transport of the artillery of the
Persian army during our late expedition to the Gulf. We always
understood at Bushire that the Persian army came down to Barazjan
by two routes, viz. the main body by the Kauzeroon route, and the
guns, protected by some Eliant cavalry, by the Ferozeabad route,
debouching at Nanezack, and this for the reason that the Kauzeroon
route was impracticable for guns. On reaching Shirauz this time,
I learned from a reliable European authority, that he saw the guns
going down the Kutal-i-Pirizen and Kutal-i-Dokhtar, often with
one wheel over the precipice, and supported with ropes by
main force. The two statements were at length reconciled. The guns
went down the usual route as far as Kauzeroon plain; but then, finding
that the lower kutals were impracticable, turned off by the cross-road
now alluded to, and so got into the less precipitous route of Ferozea
bad, and debouching at Nanezack.
34. After passing the causeway, the main road winds gradually up
a valley for some three miles to the foot of the Kutal-i-Dokhtar. This
kutal is the only one along the line which has been artificially prepar
ed : it was roughly paved and parapetted by the generosity of a mer
chant. Looking back, the view of the Kauzeroon plain is fine and
extensive, and immediately below you lies the lake, set like a deep
sapphire in the bosom of the hills.
35. Arrived at the summit of the kutal, the road slopes slowly across
some cultivated ground, down a long valley covered with dwarf oaks
(Dushi Bur), and stretching to the base of the Kutal-i-Pirizen. This
valley has no water, but a village lies about three miles to your left on
entering the valley, where both good water and some supplies and fruit
are procurable.
Revautak.
Gureli.
Novjen.
Auviz.
Ferashband.
Boshkaim.
Keleme.
Haftmoolleh.
JN anezack.
36. The Kutal-i-Pirizen is the longest and perhaps the most tiring
of all the passes, but the stage out of Kauzeroon, and distant from the