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Journey from Herat to Simla, 



[No. 1 19. 



Names of 

 Stations, &c. 



Khak Tee- 

 zee, 

 {continued.) 



Hissaruk, 

 (Pissaruck 

 of Arrow- 

 smith's 

 map?) 



E.b S. 



Ishpan, 



Mookoor 

 Khail, 



Wurzeh, 



12 



14 



E.S.E 



E.b S 



E.S.E 



Rej 



Between the second defile and Teezee, 

 the road passes over the Huft Kothul, 

 or seven Passes. Khood Buksh Khan is 

 the chief of this district. 



Cluster of villages on the Soorkhrood 

 stream. After leaving Teezee, steep ascent 

 for about 5 miles, mountains covered with 

 pine and holly oak, magnificent scenery, 

 road impassable for guns, abrupt descent 

 for about two miles ; the road or pathway 

 in the bed of a mountain stream. 



The Soorkhrood flows from afbreak in 

 the mountains to the East of Hissaruk. 

 The skirt of these mountains, covered with 

 gardens and villages. 



Village on the left of the road. Between 

 Cabool and this place the country is inha- 

 bited by Ghiljees, but we here enter the 

 districts peopled by Khogianees. Forded 

 the Soorkhrood, clear rapid stream near 

 Hissaruk, water at this season (June) 

 stirrup deep, and about 20 yards broad. 



The Soorkhrood after being fed by 

 numberless mountain streams, which come 

 down from the ranges called Suffeed Kofi, 

 joins the Cabool river near Jellalabad. 



Large village. Abundance of water; 

 fine cultivation, road stony, but passable 

 for wheel carriages, crossed several moun- 

 tain streams, running from South to North. 



Village in a valley running down from 

 the Suffeed Koh. Abundance of water, 

 gardens and cultivation. After leaving 

 Nookoor Khail, the road descends into a 

 valley with a mountain stream flowing 

 through it. Road stony and bad ; villages 

 and gardens on the Southern side of the 

 valley. At the 6th mile passed the cele- 

 brated garden of Neemla, about a mile to 

 the left; at the 10th mile, villages and 

 gardens on the skirts of the Suffeed Koh 

 range. 



