"الطرق في بلاد فارس. (المجلد I.) (خراسان وسيستان.)" [و‎‎١‎٨‎٦] (٥٣٦/٣٧٦)

Route No. \ (n)— contd.
to within 800 yards distance, while ridge itself overlooks AalLy
beneath along which road runs for more than 1 mile This
forms a strong position of defence facing towards Chah L ah,
but would be indefensible against an advance from ■ ,
by fair track, 9 feet wide, gradient 8° ; then down aionga grjel
stream bed between two ranges of rocky hills. Ato 4
laTstream bed and halt at Chah Pali. Road indifferent for
guns. Chah Pali has a Fort with small ganlen a^d o^faTatwn.
Large flocks of sheep and goats. Tushank, 3 4 miles t
Karimabad village, H miles E.
ll'afer.—From stream.
10 HAUZ .. • • 104 ni.
General direction SE.
Good road; at 2J
' 14 . 4-1 miles leave fort of
YakhSb then down broad and gravel witer-coa^ at
mil „ s roa d curves round eastern extremity of the ^aknaD
ranwe • leave water-course at 5f miles and descent m sou ei y
direction through opening in hills- offerees •
•if fii miles position of chashmeh marked by clump ot trees,
olcUwaz at 10 miles; thence along high road (Route No. V) m
southerly direction. Halt at lOJ miles. Road passable to all
arms throughout. A large expanse of white hamr is visib
extending from here to Bijistan. It is said to be impassable.
Water .—Good from a hauz.
11 CHAH 'ALT .. 13 m. General direction S.
rq a0 Atx Road good over per
77~ 1 ’ fectlly level open
plain ‘ At 2+ miles cross dry water-course. At 4 miles cross road
From Deb-i-Nauband to Zang-i-Chah, then cross dry stream bed,
and at 4| miles NE. extremity of range of hills; thence march
over open ground between hills on right and Imr to Bijistan
m left At 61 miles two wells of water, 50 yards apart-one
on li'dit, water indifferent, and the other on left of road water
bad Then over depression. At OJ miles pass low hillcreks o
right, which mark the commencement of broken ground exten
ding for miles. Cross dry stream bed; right bank easy; left
perpendicular. Then over easy sloping bank and across stony
d™ bed, cross a depression, consisting at first of hard clay,
ami afterwards of learn .amongst big tamansk bushes. This