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Journey from Herat to Simla, 



[No. 149. 





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Names of 



9. « 



Stations, &c 



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Subzawaur, 



(continued.) 



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Kharuck, . . 



Summit of 



Pass. 

 Dowlutabad 



30 S. E. 



3 

 15 



S. 

 S. E. 



Remarks 



and those men were described as acknow- 

 ledging neither God nor king 



At this point, the road from Subzawaur 

 joins the main road between Herat and 

 Candahar. The range of hills to the south 

 of Subzawaur terminates four miles from 

 the town in a long spur, upon which the 

 remains of an extensive fort are visible. 

 This is called the Kulla-i-Dookhter, or 

 maiden's castle, and at a short distance from 

 it, on a mound in the plain, are the ruins 

 of another castle called Kulla-i-Pisr, or 

 the youth's fort ; the plain is thickly stud- 

 ded with villages and khails (encampment) 

 of Noorzyes. Abundance of water, road per- 

 fectly level. 



A grove of khunjuck trees, with a fine 

 stream of water situated under a range of 

 hills running W. S. W. and E. N. E. 

 Wells or springs at every six or eight miles, 

 but no provisions procurable. For the last 

 4 or 5 miles, the road hilly and difficult 

 for wheel carriages ; but a road which is 

 described as being good and level, strikes 

 off to the right three miles before Kha- 

 ruck, and after turning the Kharuck range 

 crosses the plain to Dowlutabad, where it 

 again joins the road which I followed. 

 Encampments of Noorzyes are occasional- 

 ly formed in the vicinity of Kharuck, but 

 these cannot be depended on for furnish- 

 ing supplies even to a small force. 



Road or rather pathway impassable for 

 wheel carriages. 



A ruined fort on the right bank of the 

 Furrah, and several large encampments in 

 the vicinity. The valley of the Furrah 

 road runs from N. E. to S. W., and is said 

 to be richly cultivated in the vicinity of 

 the town of Furrah, about 40 miles below 

 Dowlutabad. Supplies to almost any extent 

 and every description might be drawn 



