.258 TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, AND SPORT. 



our first regiment marched into Dakka, to the day the 

 last regiment returned to the Khyber, small parties 

 of these two sections took up their quarters in the 

 neighbourhood of the main routes, and cut up strag- 

 glers, fired on the escorts, and even at times attempted 

 to seize whole convoys of laden or unladen camels. 



Twice, as General Tytler's column marched from 

 Bussawal to Bazar, these constant depredations were 

 punished by the destruction of such huts or stores as 

 could be discovered ; and as they fired at the troops 

 these retaliated with interest, and some of the boldest 

 of the marauders were killed and wounded. But 

 having nothing more to lose, they continued their 

 old games to the last. The remainder of the Shin- 

 warrees, the main portion of the tribe, occupying 

 several large villages, remained neutral for several 

 months. Their chiefs sullenly refused to tender their 

 submission to our political officers ; but, on the other 

 hand, they never molested our camps or convoys. 

 Certainly our posts were all in the open plain, and 

 were very strong, each consisting of artillery, cavalry, 

 and infantry. Between them and the nearest Shin- 

 warree hamlets lay Tajik villages, from which we 

 obtained supplies of forage daily, and would at once 

 have obtained information of any expedition starting 

 to attack us ; and as this intermediate country was 

 level, the Shinwarrees would have had to chance 

 being hemmed in and cut up by our cavalry before 

 they got back. So goodwill had but little to do with 



