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" zeafuts" at the durbar, and was keeping, as instructed by me, a 

 debtor and creditor account of all such transactions. The whole, 

 however, was plundered, leaving a balance on that account against 

 Government of Rs. 2,887 : 7 : 5, which amount I have embodied in my 

 Toshah Khanah account, which is periodically submitted for the sanc- 

 tion of Government. 



4. I beg leave to annex an estimate of the value of Mr. Jameson's 

 private property. He lost every thing he possessed, excepting the 

 clothes upon him. Some compensation to a scientific and enterprising 

 young man, who was thus employed by the orders of his Government, 

 would, I think, be money well laid out. 



I have, &c. 

 (Signed) George Clerk, Envoy. 



Envoy's Office, Camp Kurnaul, 

 28th January, 1843. 



(Copy.) 

 To George Clerk, Esq. Governor General's Agent, North Western 



Provinces. 



Sir, — In reporting my arrival at the Political Agency, North Western 

 Frontier, I have the honor to lay before you a brief statement of the 

 route I followed in crossing the Punjaub, and from the Indus to 

 Peshawur ; at the same time premising, that I shall as soon as possible 

 give a detailed report of my proceedings, which I regret to say must be 

 very imperfect, owing to the loss of all my notes, collections, &c. 



2nd. I have already communicated to you what passed at the inter- 

 views I had the honor to receive from His Majesty Sheir Singh. 



3rd. From Lahore attended by an Agent of the Durbar, Alif Shah, 

 twenty Suwars, a Havildar, and eight Sepoys, I proceeded in a NNW. 

 direction, crossed the Chunab at Ramnuggur, and from thence to 

 Jelalpore on the Salt range. Here I remained for some time to examine 

 the interesting geological phenomena presented, then marched along the 

 foot of the mountains to Pind Dadur Khan, opposite to which, but about 

 three coss distant, are the great Salt mines, named the Koura mines. 

 From the mines all the salt is brought to Pind Dadur Khan, and then 

 sold by Rajah Golaub Singh's officers. After visiting these mines, and 

 examining the neighbouring country, I ascended the hills at Bara, 

 and marched to Maree on the Indus, via Choia, Sidan Khan, Khotas, 



