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which time I was offered the appointment of manager to Dahlo 

 Deenar. 

 4th August. — Crossing the rivulet, proceeded to Peelabad 2 kos in a 

 Peelabad. northerly direction ; it is opposite Tump. The chief of the 

 place, which is a fertile one, is Shah Umar-i-Meer Tangai Gichkee. 

 Here I was warned not to advance, as the plague was raging at 

 Kech. 



5th August. — Proceeded 8 kos over a level road. To the East Nasa- 

 Nasarabad. rabad, where I spent the night ; no one from Kech was 

 allowed to enter here. This place has to the North the Zamaran hills. 

 The villages are, Nakabad, Kolanee, Noudaz, Kohdee and Shakka- 

 Villages. nan The land is extensive, but the supply of water limited, 

 which might be increased by a bund across the rivulet, which falls 

 into the sea between Gwadar and Jeewaree. Tobacco is plentifully 

 cultivated here, and is renowned throughout Mukran. The chief of 

 the place is Meer Hosain, son of Meer Dost Mahommed, and brother 

 to Malik Deenar of Tump. 



He has 200 dependents and collects a revenue of 15 ducats, which 

 is at the rate of 1 Mahommedee per every Davzadah, a Nakeeb (pur- 

 chased slave.) The Baloochees pay no revenue in ready money. In 

 kind, he collects 30 candies wheat, 8 candies cotton, juwaree 8 can- 

 dies, and tobacco 10 in kind. 



The principal men are, Omar-i-Eesa, Abdoo Meerzazai, Meer Aloo-i- 



Chiefs. Mura Deena, Kow Mahommed, and Dashen Panjahomlee of 



the tribe of Kosheedee. Meer Nasseer Khan Brahoee took this place 



with a loss of 700 men, which he felt, to use his own words, as the 



" loss of one horse shoe." 



The fort is dilapidated ; and is 250 paces in circumference and 

 10 guz in height. 



6th August. — Proceeded over a level road 10 kos to Kech in 

 an ES.E. and S.E. direction, having a difficulty at one part 

 in a rivulet on the road. At intervals were to be seen bodies of men 

 who had died of the plague. As I advanced, my heart began 

 gradually to fail me, as these sights became more frequent and mul- 

 tiplied. Kech is bounded on the East by Lamee, and G washtang ; on the 

 West by Nasarabad ; on the North by hills; and has to the South the 

 post of Gwadar. 



