612 Journal of a Tour through parts [No. 139. 



with his request, covered my head, and muttered something. He imme- 

 diately started to put my prayers to the test that very night. He was 

 unsuccessful, and it came to my ears that he had declared I was a 

 cheat, and would strip me on my next stage. 



I started the next morning, and after proceeding some distance, saw 

 that my friend of the last evening had kept his promise, 

 and confronted me with three fellow- thieves. I lost no 

 time, on his coming in sight, in placing some detonating powder on a 

 stone ; on his commencing to abuse me as a cheat, I rested my walking 

 stick, in rising, on the powder, saying at the same time, " Whatever is 

 done, is done by the will of God." The usual explosion ensued, and 

 the thief, in repentance, threw himself at my feet. 



16th Mohurrum. — Proceeded five kos to Naryab, (known as Badah 

 khel), the cultivation of which depends on a running 

 stream that comes from the direction of Teera. There are 

 seven hundred houses, and sixty shops. There is here an extensive 



sale of horses and mules. The Wuzeeree unbeaten iron 

 Mules. 



is sold for twenty- eight seers the rupee. It is beaten here 



and sold at twelve and fourteen seers. There is a mud fort, having 



two gates. A canal runs through the bazar. Near the gates is the 



shrine of a descendant of Myan Tahir Shah. The headmen 

 Shrine. J 



are Aner Khan and Nijabat, Badahkhel Bangashees. The 



fighting men amount to 500. They are friends of the Habiakhels, and 



enemies of the men of Zeemukht. To the east is Kahee, to the west 



Dar Samand, to the north Teera, and to the south the Khattaks, The 



revenue, if enforced, amounts to from 900 to 2,000 rupees. 



17th Mohurrum. — Proceeded five kos by night to Dar Samand, 



having procured the company of two Hindoos, who were 

 Dar Samand. & v v J 



furnished with two guards, (Badrakas.) The Persian 



writer, who used always to lag behind; on this stage, as there was 



danger, to my astonishment I observed running a- 

 Anecdote of Meerza. ° J 



head, with his shoes in his hands ; and only overtook 



him at the next stage. On inquiring the reason of his unusual activity, 



his reply was : " Fear is the brother of Death." There are two or 



three mud forts in Dar Samand. There are two springs, one called 



Neelee to the north, and the other Gulab to the south, which springs 



from the Gulab hills. It is also called Regee. There are seven hundred 



