354 



Journey from Herat to Simla, 



[No. 149. 



Names of 

 Stations, &c 



Source of the 

 Turnuk, .. 



Remarks. 



Kareezinthe 14 NNE, 

 district of j 

 Obeh or 

 Oba, 



Chardeh, 



Khareez, • . 

 Khareez, . . 



Water Mills, 



Chehl Bu- 

 chagan, . 



16 iNNE. 



6 



2 



16 



Ghuznee, . . 4 



N. E. 

 N. E. 



N. E. 



NNE. 



Several fine springs under a range of 

 hills; road for the last ten miles lay 

 through fields of waving corn, (wheat and 

 barley,) clover and madder. Forts thickly 

 spread over the country, and abundance of 

 water at every step. These forts form the 

 district of Mookoor. Road level and free 

 from stones. 



Road sandy. Obeh is a pastoral district, 

 the whole plain covered with flocks of 

 sheep and goats, and droves of camels, 

 but few forts are to be seen. Some Mails 

 under the hills, on either side of the road, 

 at the distance of 6 or 8 miles. 



One of the thousand forts of the fertile 

 [district of Karabagh, which is chiefly peo- 

 I pled by Hazarehs. 



The whole country as far as the eye can 

 ! reach, one large field of wheat. The har- 

 vest is gathered in, early in July. 



Good level road. 



Road execrable, sandy and large round 

 stones. 



In the district of Nanee. Between this 

 district and Karrabagh is that of Moorakee, 

 which is said to be very populous, and to 

 contain many forts, but I saw nothing of 

 it, as I passed it in the dark. 



Fine grove ; a place of pilgrimage, road 

 good, numerous villages chiefly on the right, 

 inhabited by the Underee division of the 

 Ghiljees ; the whole plain covered with 

 green wheat and fine clumps of trees. Abun- 

 dance of water. 



The present town of Ghuznee is a small 

 place, not more than 400 yards square, 

 said to have been the citadel of a former 

 town. It was built by the Jagatars 400 

 years ago, and is situated on the Southern 

 slope of a hill, to the S. W. of two minars, 

 which are said to mark the spot upon 

 which, or near which, stood the bazar of 



