1844.] 



via Ca?idahar, Cabool and the Purtjaub. 



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Names, of 

 Stations, &c. 



Khaushrood 

 River, 



{continued. J 

 Washeer, . . 



Byabanck, . 



O <v 



2S 



14 



24 



Dooshaukh, 

 Lur, 



Remarks. 



E. S. E. boundary between Kamran's territory and 

 that of the Candahar sirdars. 



E-b 



E. 



Girishk, 



E 



3±| E. 

 7 E.S.E. 



4 E.8.E. 



21 S. E. 



S. ' Four forts situated on a fine stream, and 

 surrounded by rich cultivation and gar- 

 dens. 



Village with a stream from a kahreez. 

 | The road in some places rugged, but pass- 

 able for wheel carriages. No fresh water 

 during the first 10 or 12 miles. This road 

 is to the south of that followed by Conolly, 

 which leads through the villages of Poo- 

 |sand and Numzand. 



Village surrounded by a mud-wall and 

 towers. 



Deserted fort with a stream from kah- 

 reez ; no encampments in the vicinity. 



Stream near a deserted fort, and some 

 encampments of Barukzyes. Road perfect- 

 ly level. 



Fort small, but strong and in good repair. 

 This fort was built by Futteh Khan Ba- 

 rukzye for his mother, who is said to have 

 held a petty court here. Abundance of 

 water. 



The fort of Girishk is built upon a mound 

 about two miles from the right bank of the 

 Helmund. Girishk is a place of considerable 

 strength, and if properly garrisoned, would 

 require a force of three or four thousand 

 men, with a small train of artillery, (4 iron 

 guns and 2 or 3 mortars would be suffici- 

 ent,) to ensure its capture. There are 

 four or five old guns in the fort, but 

 they appeared to be in an unserviceable 

 state. 



Between the river and the fort is a fine 

 chummun, (pasture land,) intersected by 

 water-courses, and dotted with gardens, 

 and graves, and villages. The country 

 round the fort might be easily flooded, and 

 the approach to it thus rendered exceeding- 



