1844.] 



via Candahar, Cabool and the Punjaub. 



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Names of 

 Stations, &c. 





Remarks. 



Rood-i-Hel- 



mund, 



(River,) 



{continued.) 



Khak-i- 



Chanpan, 



Kooshk-i- 

 Nakhood, 



24 



7 



Houz i-Mud- 

 dud Khan. 

 Candahar, 



U 



26 



E. 



E. S.E. 



E.b S. 



E. 



jhad been destroyed a short time before our 

 .arrival, and we crossed the river on an 

 elephant, the water being in some places 

 about seven feet deep, 3d June. 



A grove of mulberry trees with a small 

 stream ; there is no water between the 

 Helmuud and this place. 



A great deal of rich cultivation, and 

 several fine groves and gardens in the 

 vicinity. Abundance of water. The ruins of 

 an ancient fort called the Killa-i-Nadir, 

 which must have been a place of consider- 

 able strength in its day, about 2 miles to 

 the west of Koosh-i-Nakhood. 



A large tank on the right of road. 



The Urghundab, a fine stream about half 

 a mile to the right of road, the banks of the 

 river thickly studded with gardens and 

 villages. The Urghandab after passing Can- 

 dahar, takes a westerly course as far as the 

 Houz-i-Muddud Khan, and then turns to 

 the South, not as it is laid down in Arrow- 

 smith's map. The road from the Houz to 

 Candahar passes through a succession of 

 fields, and gardens, and villages, which cover 

 this fertile and delightful valley, the breadth 

 of which varies from 3 to 9 miles. Nearly 

 the whole of the water of the Urghundab is 

 taken off by canals, for the purpose of irriga- 

 tion. 



The route by which I travelled from 

 Herat to Candahar, was nearly the same 

 as that followed in 1828 by Lieutenant 

 Conolly, to the accuracy of whose state- 

 ments and descriptions, I can bear ample 

 testimony. I calculated the distance to be 

 380^ miles by the average rate of a fast- 

 walking horse, which I found to be 4 miles 

 an hour on level ground. 



The journey is performed by horsemen 

 in ten and sometimes in nine days, but ca- 



