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Journey from Herat to Simla, 



[No. 149. 





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Names of 

 Stations, &c. 



S 

 20 



Bivouac on 



the right 



bank of the 



Turnuk, 



Teer Andaz, 



4 



Khower 

 Taneh, 



16 



Julduk, . . 



4 



Ford, .... 



8 



N. E. 



N. E. 



N. E. 



Remarks. 



N. E. 



N. E. 



Road excellent. Cultivation the whole 

 way, but no villages or khails to be seen, 

 the people having retired from the vicinity 

 of the highway, to avoid the extortions of 

 the great men who frequent the road. 



A minaret about 40 feet high on the 

 right of the road, said to mark the spot 

 where an arrow of Ahmed Shah's fell, 

 when that monarch was shooting from an 

 eminence, which is pointed out on the 

 left of the road. 



No habitation to be seen. Bivouac 

 on the right bank of the Turnuk, in the 

 district of Khower Taneh, two or three 

 miles beyond the minar, at a place called 

 " Jalloogeer," or " the bridle full," the 

 road bad and stony ; for a short distance 

 with this exception, the road perfectly level 

 and good, following the right bank of the 

 Turnuk. The valley of the Turnuk is 

 now, (12th June,) a sheet of waving corn 

 ripe for the sickle. 



A village surrounded by gardens, about 

 a mile to the left of the road. 



Crossed the Turnuk near a mill, which 

 marks the boundary between the country 

 of the Dooranees, and that of the Ghil- 

 jees. 



Here we diverged from the direct road, 

 which leads along the right bank of the 

 Turnuk, and passes Kelat-i-Ghiljee, but 

 which is now seldom taken by travellers, 

 in consequence of its being infested by 

 robbers, or lawless Ghiljee chiefs, who 

 either send their followers to attack car- 

 avans, or levy contributions themselves, 

 under various pretences. The principal 

 of these are, the sons of one Shaabadeen 

 Khan, and are considered as the chiefs of 

 this part of the country. They are upwards 

 of twenty in number, and are seldom 

 mentioned by their own names, being gene- 



