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From Meetakhel I travelled six kos to Zamankhel, over salt hills 



Zamankhel. of a red colour. 

 Thence I proceeded four kos to Kuharkhel, over salt hills and 

 Kuharkhel. through a jungle, and the next day six kos to Teeree. 

 From Teeree I proceeded five kos to Mameekhel, over a high Pass, 

 Mameekhel. impracticable for artillery. 



Thence I proceeded seven kos to Seemaree over a hilly tract ; one 

 Seemaree. division of this place, Seemaree-i-Paiyeen, is dependent 

 on Hangoo. The headman is Mazulla Khan. From this place I had 

 intended to visit Hangoo ; but my funds being expended, and hearing 

 from Meerza Samad, the son of Meerza Abdu Raheem, who had come 

 to collect the revenue for his master Sultan Mahommed Khan, that a 

 Persian acquaintance of mine, by name Agha Mehdee Khan of Ispa- 

 han was at Cohaut, I determined to proceed to that place, to procure 

 his assistance. Meerza Samad entertained me with dancing and 

 wine, the evening I staid with him. 



From Seemaree I proceeded six kos to Jabba, which is dependent 

 Jabba. on Cohaut, over a high Pass, on the top of which is a tank. 

 The whole of my stay in Lachee and Teeree, amounted to nine 

 days. 



12th Zeehijjah. — Arrived at Cohaut, and proceeded to the house of 

 Cohaut. m y acquaintance, Agha Mehdee. Here the Persian writer 

 became clamorous for pay. I silenced him, however, with some trou- 

 ble, by promising to return from Peshawur with the necessary funds, 

 for which place and purpose I accordingly made my arrangements for 

 starting. 



On arriving at Peshawur, I took possession of the manuscripts I 

 Digression to Pesha- na( i sent fr° m Tak by the hands of my cossid, 

 whom I met here, and lost no time in making search 

 for a fresh Meerza. I at last procured one, by name Safdar Shah, 

 through the aid of Captain Burnes' Cafila Bashee, a resident of Pesha- 

 wur 1 , who after a great deal of hesitation, lent me some money, and 

 took the security of Safdar Shah's father, that he would not desert me. 

 Returning from Peshawur, I arrived at eight kos at Mitanee; passing 

 Mitanee. Bara-i-Kalan, and the following Momand villages ; viz. Ba- 

 hadur, Mashookhel, and Ouzye, &c. over ground abounding in ravines 

 and jungle. 



