1844.] 



via Candahar, Cabool and the Punjaub. 



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Names of 

 Stations, &c 



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A gaum, 



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Remarks. 



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Village, situated in a valley similar 

 to that of Wurzeh. Fine stream, gardens, 

 and rich cultivation. Villages as far as 

 the eye can reach. 



Road stony, but passable for guns. Sir- 

 dar Mahomed Akbar Khan, a son of Ameer 

 Dost Mahomed Khan, was encamped with 

 his troops in the valley of Agaum. This 

 young man although not the eldest, is said 

 to be possessed of more power and influ- 

 ence than any of the other sons. He has 

 acquired a high character for courage, and 

 he certainly displayed this quality in the 

 affair of Jumrood. The government of 

 Jellalabad has been entrusted to him, and 

 if he is not greatly respected by the people, 

 he is certainly the least unpopular of the 

 family. His immediate dependents are 

 said to be devoted to him. His troops 

 were scattered in the different villages 

 near Agaum, when I passed through that 

 place, but I believe he has twelve guns, 

 chiefly 6- pounders, in a serviceable condi- 

 tion ; a corps of about 1500, Jazayurchees, 

 a fine body of men armed with long heavy 

 guns which are fired from a rest, and will 

 carry a ball four hundred yards with pre- 

 cision, and two or three thousand good 

 horses. 

 Jellalabad, 24 jNNE. Village. The road or rather pathway 



for the first six miles led through gardens 

 and rice fields, the whole country flooded 

 for the purpose of irrigation, impassable 

 for guns. There is, however, a gun road, 

 I which makes a circuit of some miles be- 

 tween Agaum and Jellalabad, the remain- 

 der of the road passable for wheel carriages. 



Jellalabad is situated on the right bank of the Cabool river, which 

 is here a stream of considerable volume, and about half a mile broad/ 

 Round Jellalabad are the remains of a wall of considerable extent, 

 but the place is now reduced to a mere village, surrounded by exten- 

 sive ruins. 



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