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Kochee consists of three forts, containing one hundred and fifty 

 houses, and numerous gardens, and 400 fighting men. 

 The fort of Shah Mahommed contains fifty houses, and 200 fighting men. 



The fort of Sarwaneekhel contains fifty houses, and 100 fighting 

 men. The apricot gardens are numerous. 



The fort of Malik Myandad, and another of the tribe, contains thirty 

 houses, and 100 fighting men. There is continually rain at this place. 



The fort of Saiyadee contains eighty houses, and 300 fighting men. 



Description of the road from Jajee to Khushee, (where I arrived on 

 the 2nd Safair. ) in, the district of Logur. 

 Beyond Jajee is the narrow valley of Hazardarakht, which is a 

 complete jungle of archah and sanobar trees. Beyond this is the valley 

 of Dreplara, which is six kos long. 



Thence is the ascent of Shutar garden, where there is good pasturage. 

 There is a mine here of a light-green-coloured stone, which is very heavy; 

 Beyond the Kotal or Pass, are Ghiljies and Ahmedzyes, who are 

 dependent on Logur, as far as Khushee. 



Khushee, where I arrived on the 2nd Safar, is a valley having four 

 forts, containing two hundred houses, numerous gardens, 

 and 50 hulbas of cultivated land. The number of fight- 

 ing men is five hundred. There are two shrines ; one known as Khoja 



n . , Hasan, and the other as Khoja Khidr, where there is a 

 Punjah. ' J ' 



Panjah. This place is a jaghire of Nawab Jabar Khan. 

 Zarghoon Shahr, which I reached on the 3rd Safar, is situated on a 



_ - . _, . plain having small forts on the skirts of the hills. 



Zarghoon Shahr. ° 



There is a shrine of Khoja Sadr-i-Auliya. The 



inhabitants are partly Afghans and partly Logurees, (Lahogardees). 



There are one hundred houses, three karezes, and three gardens. 



The fighting men amount to 420. 



From Cohaut to Cabool, via Hangoo, Dar Samand, Tal, Naryab, 

 Gun road. Kuram, Paiwar, Jajee, and Khushee, there is a gun road. 

 On arriving at Cabool, which I did on the 4th Safar, I received 

 Arrival at Cabool. f rom Captain Burnes 20 rupees for travelling ex- 



pences ; remained three days and setting out, joined my employer at 



Completion of Tour. Candahar, on the 15th Safar. 



