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of autumn, when a great part of the flora would have dis- 

 appeared, or waned into the fall of the leaf. I had the option 

 of two alternatives — either to proced to Peshawur or to con- 

 tmue at Hussein Abdul, till such time as the Maharajah 

 should concede his permission to my going on to Cashmeer. 

 For it had not hitherto been intimated to His Highness, in 

 the communications made by Captain Wade, that Cashmeer 

 was the direction in which it was intended that I should be 

 sent. I had been mentioned on all the occasions on which 

 my name had been referred to simply in the capacity of a 

 medical attendant with Lieutenant Mackeson, and that offi- 

 cer had as yet received no reply to an application which he 

 had made to the Maharajah from Kala Bagh for permis- 

 sion to pay a visit to Cashmeer, accompanied by me. Under 

 these circumstances, I deemed it expedient, with the con- 

 currence of Lieutenant Mackeson, to proceed with him to 

 Peshawur. This determination afforded an opportunity of 

 examining the productions of a country which had not 

 hitherto been botanically surveyed. 



6. From Hussein Abdul the Mission moved on to Attock, a 

 halt at which place and at Khyrabad led to the detection of 

 numerous plants new to the flora of the North of India. On 

 arrival at Peshawur, it appearing probable that the Mission 

 would remain some time there, I applied to Captain Burnes 

 for his sanction and assistance to go on to Kohat, and 

 the hills around the valley of Bunguish, with the object of 

 examining the salt range and the district reported to contain 

 coal. That distinguished officer entered zealously into the 

 design, and made arrangements which enabled Dr. Lord and 

 myself to proceed, Greneral Avitabile, the Governor of Pesha- 

 wur, and Sirdar Sultan Mohamed Khan, having readily 

 acceded, and given their best aid to our undertaking the 

 journey. In consequence of the then recent affair of Jum- 

 rood the country was in an excited and disturbed state, 

 which the arrival of the British Mission at Peshavrur did not 

 tend to diminish ; and we were impressed by General Avita- 

 bile with the necessity of some caution in our procedure. 

 We started from Peshawur with an escort, supplied by 

 Sultan Mohamed Khan, on the 15th August, and halted 

 at Andavre ; from that we moved by a long night' march to 

 Kohat ; thence to Hangoo, at the upper end of the Bunguish 

 valley, with the purpose of proceeding to JSTuryoob, one of 

 the reported coal localities. But the country was so dis- 

 turbed that we were not permitted to proceed, and we had 

 to return to Kohat. By the assistance of Sirdar Sultan 

 Mohamed Khan, who had by this time arrived at Kohat, 

 we again set out ; and proceeded in the direction of Lachee, 



