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Journey from Herat to Simla, 



[No. 149. 



Names of 

 Stations, &c. 



Sydabad, . . 

 {continued.) 



LogUr River, 



Top, 

 River of Ca- 

 bool, 



6 

 12 



Mydan, 



N. 

 N. 



N. 



Urghundee, 

 Cabool, 



14 



EN.E. 



E. 



Remarks. 



and Sydabad highly cultivated, a fine 

 valley between low hills, villages at every 

 step, abundance of water. Road good, but 

 stony in some places. 



Bridge called the Pull-i-Shaikhabad. The 

 Logur river runs here from N. W. to S. E. 

 crossing the valley, and entering some hills 

 to the Eastward. 



Village. 



Ford. Rapid stream, about 20 yards 

 broad, water at this season (June) stirrup 

 deep. The Cabool river comes from a 

 break in the hills to the N. W. of this 

 point, and runs in a South Easterly direc- 

 tion, through a similar break called the 

 Tung-i-" Lullunder," in the Eastern range. 



A collection of villages to the left of the 

 road, rich cultivation, abundance of water. 

 The country between Ghuznee and Mydan 

 is chiefly inhabited by Wurdeks, who 

 claim descent from the Imaum Zeinala- 

 badeen ; they number about 12,000 fami- 

 lies, and pay 90,000 rupees to govern- 

 ment ; they are divided into three 

 branches. 



1. Malyar Chief, Koorum Khan. 



2. Noaree ditto Tein Khan. 



3. Meer Khail ditto ..Jan Mahomed 



Khan. 



Several fine villages forming the dis- 

 trict of Urghundee, about a mile to the 

 North of the high road. 



Half way from Urghundee, the village 

 of Kulla-i-Hajee. From this place to the 

 city, the road passes through a succession 

 of gardens and fields ; the whole country 

 intersected by water-courses, brought from 

 the river of Cabool ; road excellent, villages 

 and gardens as far as the eye can reach. 



The approach to Cabool from the West, 

 is through a narrow defile, which forms as 

 it were the Western gate of the city ; and 



