546 Route from Derd Ghazeen Khan to Candahar. [No. 151. 



very difficult. Between Mooch and Bebee Nannee you meet with a 

 rough road for about 2 coss or so, and also on the way to Drubbee, 

 which obstacle can be soon remedied by a body of Pioneers, in re- 

 moving the stones and levelling the road. About Mamudgozee and 

 Teree Bolan, the road is narrow, yet there is sufficient passage of 62 

 and 70 feet wide for a body of men ; also the ascents and descents show 

 but small impediments, the heights likewise on both sides are not com- 

 manding ; and however defended, would produce little effect in opposing 

 an army. Shah Shujah passed the road on to Candahar with 14 guns, 

 10 drawn by bullocks, 3 pairs to each gun, and four by horses, 2 pairs 

 to each ; and encountered little or no difficulty in the way. 



This season, owing to the failure of rain, the depth of water in the 

 River and depth of river did not exceed 3 feet, else at other times 



tefc&'Jby SfohStal at Pos Pash > there used t0 be 4 and 5 feet water > 



jab in cases of great an( j a ra pi(j running stream. Shah Shujah passed 

 depth in passing the r ° j r 



■Bolan. from Daddur to Drubbee and Kohee-Dil in the 



cold season, and on account of the depth of water being 4 feet in the 

 passage, procured a great number of labourers, and levelled and dug the 

 high grounds in the bed of the river, and causing the stream to run 

 more freely, thereby obtaining a small depth of water to ford the river 

 with his army and guns. A better gun road for artillery, cavalry and 

 infantry can seldom be met with, and favourable under any circum- 

 stances to the passage of a large army. 



At the entrance of the Pass, there is a cross road bounded by a good 

 pass of sides 50 and 100 feet high, direction S. E. 120° 1^ coss long, 

 then a valley in the same direction 2 coss, also an ascent and descent of 

 2 coss over a mountain ; very rough road, from huge stones. This part 

 requires to be levelled, and the large stones blown up by gunpowder ; 

 thence S. W. 30° over a perfect plain 3 coss to Muravee ; 500 houses of 

 Koord Balooches under Ullahdeena, &c. 2 coss further on is Splingee ; 700 

 houses of Bungulzaee Baloochs, under chiefs Noor Mahomed Wuddeia 

 and Jan Mahomed ; living on the produce of their lands. These two 

 places is two stages distant from Kelat. 



There are no habitations on the road to Bolan except at Kirtah, be- 



Villages situated tween Mooch and Beebee Nannee. There are three 



James fnSeToHn- villages, named Kujjooree of 60 permanent mud 



habitants, &c. houses of Koochak, Pog, Pooshy and Mungundooee 



