1840.] Account of a Journey from Kurrachee to Hinglaj. 147 



Singhul the road runs nearly parallel to the mountains, which 

 here present the same features as the lesser Haras, decreasing 

 like them in height as they near the sea, but an acclivitous and 

 bold range towering far above them was pointed out as that 

 in which the far famed temple of Hinglaj was situated. We 

 passed this day the first encampment of Beerooees I had seen ; 

 about twenty families were pitched on the banks of a ravine, 

 where wood and water were found in sufficient quantities to 

 supply their wants, A cloth of camel or goat hair stretched 

 over a pole formed their dwelling, and for their food, the milk of 

 their flocks, prepared in various ways, and a very small quantity 

 of the coarsest grain sufficed. The men wore drawers, with a 

 loose cloth thrown over the shoulders ; the dress of the women 

 was merely a long garment reaching from the neck to the 

 ancles. We now skirted the base of the mountains, and passing 

 between them and a low broken range running at right angles, 

 came in sight of the pass leading to the Aghor river ; an easy as- 

 cent of a few hundred yards, over sandy rock, led to the summit, 

 and a gentle slope of half a mile brought us to the bank of the 

 The Aghor or Hingooi stream. The view as we turned up its course 



nver, s miles. was ma gnificent. The river here flows through 



a break in the mountains, about two hundred yards in width. 

 The faces of the rocks towards the stream are broken and craggy. 

 That on the left bank is higher and more scarped than its 

 opposite neighbour. Beyond them in the distance is seen a 

 range of light colored sand hills, to all appearance nothing but 

 a mass of conical-shaped peaks, and towering far above them 

 are the blue mountains of Hinglaj, precipitous and wild. We 

 encamped above the tamarisk jungle on the high ground be- 

 tween the river's bed and the hills. The width of the stream 

 at this spot is about sixty yards, its bed muddy, and sprinkled 

 with low bushes. The water is not considered very whole- 

 some, as a great quantity of sand is mixed up with it. It 

 reaches the sea about six miles from the hills, and I saw from 

 an eminence many fishing boats from Kurrachee, Soumeanee, 

 and Oormura, anchored at its mouth. A short distance below 

 the pass, on the left bank of the stream, are the remains of 

 an ancient village, the name of which has been long since 



