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Moorcroffc, expressing- in the strongest terms the sense enter- 

 tained by that lamented traveller of his friendly services, aiid 

 of his being better disposed towards Europeans, and those of 

 the British nation in particular, than any of the other 

 Barukzye chiefs. At our last interview, he exhibited another 

 exam2:)le of the lengths to which Afghan noblemen carry 

 their feuds, and of the sacrifice of every other consideration 

 to personal feeling-, in requesting Dr. Lord to impress upon 

 Captain Barnes that if he retained any kindly recollection 

 of his (Sultan Mohamed's) former friendship, he (Captain 

 Burnes) must not allow the Sikhs to come to terms with his 

 hated brother. Dost Mohamed, but thwart this object by 

 every means in his power. We moved from Kohat on the 

 24th, and returned to Peshawur, where we found Captain 

 Burnes j)reparing to start for Caubul. This journey to the 

 valley of Bunguish enabled me to make a considerable col- 

 lection of the plants which characterize the lower parts of 

 Afghanistan bordering on the Indus. 



8. Lieutenant Mackeson had by this time received a 

 favourable answer from his Highness the Maharajah to his 

 application for permission to go to Cashmeer, and determined 

 to j)roceed on the dei:)arture of the Mission for Caubul. On 

 the 30th we embarked in a boat and floated down the 

 Lundye, or Caubul river, to Attock, where we arrived on the 

 31st. We halted some days to make the necessary arrange- 

 ments for carriage, and in expectation of the arrival of the 

 attendant appointed by the Maharajah to escort us, we 

 received a visit from Rajah Goolab Sing, of Jummoo, who 

 displayed not a little anxiety about the objects of our visit 

 to Cashmeer, and the direction in which we should move on 

 leaving it. Having completed our equipment, it ajDpeared 

 desirable, in furtherance of the objects for which we were 

 deputed, to follow different routes if possible. Lieutenant 

 Mackeson determined to go by Drumtour and Mazufurabad, 

 with the design of making a map of the military road by 

 which the Afghans had generally entered the valley, and by 

 which the trafiic with Caubul was still pursued. In concur- 

 rence with that officer, I resolved on making an attempt to 

 run up along the eastern bank of the Indus as far as Der- 

 bend, in the first instance, and thence to be guided by cir- 

 cumstances, either in pushing further up if practicable along 

 the valley of the river, which had not been explored at this 

 portion of its course, higher than Derbend, or, failing that, 

 to turn eastward across the mountains, through Thunaolee 

 to Mazufurabad, and thence rejoin Lieutenant Mackeson. 

 The road lay through a wild tract, occupied by fierce and 

 lawless tribes — at deadly enmity, and engaged in constant 



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