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But 6uppo80 it wero tried, caravanserais built, and the Karun bridged, we should have—
From the Malimir plain to the Karun rivor. Heavy work for 15 railce.
From tho river to Dohdez ... «*• ii ii 10* „
Dohdez to Rudbar river «•» ... ii ii 12 ,,
Rudbar to Ilellisat ... ii ii 15 „
Hillisat to Dopulan ii ii 19 „
Dopulan to Ardall ii ii 7 „
Ardall to Chahar Mahal plateau ii ii SO „ at least.

Total ... 98) miles.

It would be necessary to odd at least 25 per cont. to these, tho baro distances from point
to point, in order to allow for dotcent gradients, so that wo have 98*5 +or 103*1 miles of
difEoult hill road-making.
And this would add 21*6 miles to the distance from Ispahan to Shuster.
That I am not allowing too much for the length required to obtain a descent gradient,
I think will bo allowed when the table of comparative altitudes below is seen.
From tho river to Dehdez the present track is too steop for wheels.
From Dehdez, which has an altitude of 5,221 feet, the road rises to an altitude of 6,400
feet in 4 miles—
Descending to the Rudbar stream in 6 miles to altitude 8,080
Ascending above Hillisat to altitudes ... 6,000
And descending to Hillisat to altitude ... 4,850 in 4 miles.
From Hillisat it has to rise over altitude 7,850, to descend to Dopulan, altitude 4,950.
Here, at Dopulan, 1,000 feet gorge has to be managed, and tho road carried thence over the
ravine out plateau of Ardall through mountain Chokahor, and thence down into Chahar
Mahal, altitude 6,700. Mackenzie crossed from Ardall via Chokahor, and made the altitude
of pass 8,350 feet. To follow tne Karun would bo twice as long and just as difficult. These
altitudes are relatively, though not absolutely, correct.
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