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Notes taken on a Tour through parts of Baloochisthan, in 1 838 and 

 1839, by Hajee Abdun Nubee, of Kabul, Arranged and translated 

 by Major Robert Leech. 



In the summer of 1838, while residing at the court of the late 

 Preface. jyi eer Mehrab Khan Brahoee of Kalat, Hajee Abdun 

 Nubee was introduced to me as a merchant from Mukran, who had 

 a fine riding camel in his possession, an animal I had been desirous of 

 purchasing, since seeing one of them galloped round a ring, a feat 

 I never before believed the bulky " ship of the desert" capable of per- 

 forming. The riding camel, or mabree of Mukran, however, is re- 

 markable for the slimness and symmetry of its make, and for its con- 

 sequent agility. 



The Hajee's manner was very prepossessing, and his conversation 

 showed him to be a man far superior to the generality of those with 

 whom it had been my fortune for the few past months to associate. 

 He spoke Persian of course, Arabic, Hindusthanee, and the Mukra- 

 nee Baloochkee fluently, and Poshtoo tolerably. He had besides travel- 

 led much in Arabia and Persia, a little in Hindusthan, and had re- 

 sided at different times for months together in Mukran. For instance, 

 in 1824, he spent eight months at Panjgoor with his father, who 

 devoted a great part of his time to the instruction of children, and on 

 that, account became well known in these parts as " Akhund Kabulee." 



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