816 Tour through parts of Baloochisthan in [No. 154. 



defile between two hills, in which are three pools of water, the water of 

 one of which alone is sweet. From this place two roads separate, 

 one to the S.W. called Rah-is-Tung, the other to the left leads to 

 Keelach. 



3\st August. — Proceeded 10 kos over a level road, rather stony, in a 

 S.E. direction to Koh-i-Dada, which is very high, and may be seen from 

 the port of Gwadar. There are plenty of deer in this mountain ; it 

 was once the refuge of the inhabitants of the plains during an invasion ; 

 and utensils are occasionally now sometimes found after a heavy fall of 

 rain, by huntsmen. 



1*/ September. — Proceeded over a level road through dry lands 

 Keelach. m a S.E. direction to Keelach, and put up in the house of 

 Mulla Mobarick, the chief. The place produces the finest riding 

 camels in the whole of Baloochistan ; they are not a separate kind, but 

 the most promising colt is picked from the herd, and trained. The 

 inhabitants of this place are chiefly Daee Muhzab. 



"2nd September — Proceeded all night in a S.E. direction to a 

 rivulet. 



3rd September. — After spending the day at the rivulet, started to- 

 Pasanee. wa rds evening, and towards morning arrived at Pasanee, 

 from which place to Kech is 4 days' journey for guns, the only dif- 

 ficulty being at Nigwar, but the best gun road to Kech is from Gwadar 

 via Dasht and Nigwar, 6 days. 



The port of Pasanee is a small one dependent on Kech, and go- 

 verned by Mehrab Shahoo Kalmalee, whose deputy is Wulee 

 Mahommed Gulshah. There are at present only a few huts of Baloo- 

 chees and fishermen, who sell matting to the amount of 1,000 rupees 

 a- year. The port is capable of great improvement. 



4th September. .—Leaving Pasanee, proceeded in a Easterly direction 

 5 kos on a level road to Gazdan, consisting of 12 huts of mat- 

 makers. 



5th September. — Proceeded 8 kos over a level road passing the 

 Korokya. Koh-i-Kalmat, which is said to abound with sulphur, speci- 

 mens of which I sent to Karokya ; after the hill, a rivulet. The place 

 contains some Baloochees and 100 date trees. 



6th September. — Proceeded 10 kos over a level road without water, 

 Harmarah. except at Pinnee to Port Harmarah, which is bounded on 



