812 Tour through parts of Baloochisthan, in [No. 154. 



From Kech to Panjgoor is 6 days' jtfurney for laden camels over a 



Roads, well- watered road, not very difficult, there being a gun road 



via Buleda, on which there is only one obstacle near Garuk, a narrow 



defile. To Kalat 15 days via Kolwa and Mashkai. To Gwadar 5 



days over a level road for guns. 



To Sib 7 days, over a difficult mountain road via Zameeran, Nar- 

 huk, Kambee, Salag, Jakookan, Gwazan, Kahrai, Bot Wakaiee, and 

 Ispe Kahan. 



The Zameeran hills in which the above stages are, extend westward 

 Hills, to Ofshan, Erifshan, Narkund, Sarboz, Bint, Bashohard and 

 Meerab. In the time of Meer Naseer Khan Brahoee, Meer Shah Beg 

 Gichkee went to complain to Timoor Shah Duranee, of the exactions of 

 Historical Anecdote, the Brahoee chief, who was then encamped at Kech. 

 Timoor Shah gave the complainant two bailiffs, with orders to cut the 

 tent ropes of Nasseer Khan immediately on their arrival, and make 

 Nasseer Khan's followers carry their baggage on their backs for the 

 first stage out of Kech. Those instructions the bailiffs performed to the 

 letter, allowing the stage however to be at Yoosok, in the immediate 

 neighbourhood ; such was the authority of the first Duranee monarchs. 

 Contrary to what I heard at Panjgoor, I was here informed, that 

 Meer Naseer Khan first gave half of the country to the Gichkees. I also 

 heard, that the revenue of Kech once amounted to 25,000 ducats, in- 

 cluding Mukran. 



The animals of Kech are, camels, cattle, asses, sheep, goats, horses, 

 Animals, buffaloes, and hogs without number, to prevent whose de- 

 predations, people armed with matchlocks watch their fields at night. 

 The birds are, bulbul, maina, shamk, turaj, and kobh3. 

 The fruits are mangoes, dates, grapes, mulberries, figs, peaches, limes 

 Fruits. an( i lemons ; of these the mangoes and dates are plentiful and 

 good. There are also some tamarind and jamun trees. The in- 

 habitants build with the date stem, and hem it with the gaz and 

 kauhoor. 



The productions are ghee, wool, grain and beans ; the wheat is reaped 

 at the vernal equinox, and the rice, dates, juwaree, cotton, and man- 

 goes in July. These are consumed, with the exception of wool and 

 ghee, which are exported to Gwadar, and cotton and tobacco and j 

 Cloth manufactures to Panjgoor. 



