686 Tout through parts of Baloochisthan, in [No. 153. 



with Meer Ahmed Auchkee and Mulla Haibalan Kashanee of Panj- 

 goor. His father Meer Muheem was such a tyrant, that he was styled 

 the Nadir of Mukran, and was said never to have been able to eat any 

 thing that was not stolen. There is another cub of the old wolf alive, 

 Fort. called Kadar Buksh. The fort of Koohag is 130 yards in 

 circumference, and 30 yards high, and with walls 2 guz thick. 



The fort is full inside to half the height of the walls, and Baman 

 Baman. has one gate to the East. On the West are the remains 

 of an old mining gallery driven by the Persians, not with the inten- 

 Mine. t j 0Dj as m ight be supposed, of blowing up a bastion, but 

 of getting at the well inside, and then preventing the garrison draw- 

 ing water, and this according to the ideas of a Baloch, is the only use 

 of a mine. 



The Shahghasee of Mehrab Khan once besieging Koohaghut, was 

 after a time obliged to return to Panjgoor on forage failing. The fort 

 stands on Kurk, which may be sand there, and not loam. I staid 



four days at Koohag, and on the fifth, 18th November 

 Kurk. ' 



started and proceeded in W. N. W. direction over a tole- 

 rable road, with water on it 8 kos to the Kowr-i-Mashhed ; another road 



to Julh is via Kuwarbastan, a small village to the N. W. 

 Kour-i-mush- . . 



hed. of Koohag, situated at the foot of the bujahan mountain. 



At this stage there are no habitations, but plenty of fodder for camels, 

 and firewood. 



\9th November. — Proceeded over a good road in a W. N. W. direc- 

 tion 8 kos to Ispandak, which belongs to Meer Jahangeer 



Ispandak. 



Khan Nowsherwanee, uncle of Meer Azad Khan of Kha- 

 ran ; the place is pleasantly situated, and is well cultivated, consisting 

 of about 100 huts. I here exchanged ^lb of black pepper for 2 large 

 fowls, for having which large quantity with me, they conferred on me 

 the title of Mulla Pepper. Luckily the chief was absent on a foray, but 

 notwithstanding this, the people managed during the night to steal a 

 donkey of mine. I intended to await the return of the Meer, in hopes 

 of recovering Mr. Long-ears; but the Mulla of the mosque I spent 

 the night in, told me, I might think myself fortunate in getting the 

 Short-ears, or camels, with their loads safe out of the place, which he 

 advised me leaving immediately, and for which advice may his store 

 increase. 



