1844.] 1838 and 1839, by Hajee Abdun Nubee, of Kabul. 675 



ceeded in a West and W. S. W. direction for 5 kos to Band-i- Bijad, 



over a level road, the cultivation on the precincts of which 



an -i- ijac . depends on tne ra j n ^ t ^ e s t a g e are 5 r 6 gidons of 



Baloochees, and a number of tamarisk trees. 



\Ath October. — Proceeded in a S.W. and West direction 10 kos over 

 a level plain without water to Band-i- Kurreem 

 Khan?" Kurreem Kftan > where there are no habitations, although there 

 appear to be a large number in the neighbourhood, 

 judging from the large number of cattle and sheep brought at mid- 

 day to be watered at the Band. I purchased one of the latter for one 

 jooree, the fleece of which must have weighed nearly 12 seers, whereas 

 the jooree was not worth more than J Kashanee rupee. The water 

 of this Band is not sufficient for the purposes of cultivation. 



1 5th October. — Proceeded in a Westerly direction 4 kos, having on 

 my right a jungle of tamarisk, and on my left the desert; and 4 kos 

 further in a S. W. and S. S. W. direction over a desert plain to a 

 well called Choh-i. Jalai, the water of which is rather 

 brackish ; there are no habitations, and only a few 

 tamarisk trees, which with the kaghaz bush, forms food for camels. 

 From this stage to Washuk, there are two roads ; on the one to the 

 right there is no water, whereas there is water in three places on the 

 one to the left ; but without a very good guide, they are likely to be 

 missed, and then God have mercy on the poor traveller. 



16th October. — Taking water with me, I proceeded in a S. S. W. 



direction 6 kos, which appeared to men and animals 12, the road 



being over an undulating plain of loose sand ; and spent the night in 



Ch j this chol or waste, in which however, there are gaz and 



Kaghaz trees for the camels. 



IJth October. — Proceeded in a Southerly direction 2 kos to Washuk, 



,_ . . having travelled from Kharan in the day time, for the 



Washuk. ° J 



purpose of seeing the road, whereas travellers invariably 

 perform the journey at night, from the dread of thirst. 



To the North of Washuk is Kharan ; to the East Kal ; to the South 

 Rakshan; and to the West Gormdel. To the im- 

 mediate west and east, it is bounded by hills, to the 

 north by waste and to the south by a ravine and hills. Wheat, barley 

 and juwaree are cultivated at Washuk by the rain. There is also a 



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