826 Tour through parts of Baloochisthan, §c. £No. 154. 



seize me, had I not a few days afterwards left Kalat by night, and 

 by stealth. Notwithstanding the British troops were in possession of 

 Cabool, and Dost Mahommed was a fugitive, still Faiz Mahommed was 

 diligent spreading reports prejudicial to the British ; one of which was, 

 that Dost Mahommed had found a treasure of tillas at Khulam, and 

 was collecting a large force, paying his troops in tillas at the rate that 

 the British paid them in Company's rupees. 



N.B. — I did not keep the dates during my journey, and am now bring- 

 ing them up. I find a difference of 10 days, for I am certain that it was 

 on the 23rd of October 1839 that I arrived at Shawl, after leaving 

 Kalat. Here I was detained by the Political Agent, and I afterwards 

 accompanied him with the British troops to Kalat, at the storming of 

 which place I was present. I subsequently remained at Kalat with the 

 late Lieutenant Loveday, who furnished me with a certificate, the 

 following of which is a copy :— 



" It affords me much gratification in writing this acknowledgment 

 of the services and good conduct of Hajee Abdool Nubbee. 



rt He was with me at the storming of Kalat on the 13th November, 

 1839, and by his activity, intelligence and fidelity, has won my cordial 

 esteem and regard. This certificate will, I trust, prove a good in- 

 troduction for him to all my friends, and he need not, 1 think, need a 

 better one to any one of my countrymen." 



(Signed) William Lovkday, Lieut. 



Kalat, 8th February, 1840. Asst. Political Agent. 



Note. — The manuscript sent to us of this interesting paper was unfortunately so im- 

 perfectly copied as to render the task of editing it far from easy. The spelling of proper 

 names as there given has been strictly adhered to, the more so, that the variations in the 

 nomenclature of places (v. Arrowsmith Atlas, 1835, Burnes and Pottinger (?) Survey) 

 from that as ordinarily received is so slight, as to render their recognition no difficulty : 

 ex. gra. Bampoor for Bunpoor : Gik for Gaih : Gwadar for Gwuttur, &c. &c. the 

 differences are merely those of local pronunciation so common in the East, where, to 

 cite common instances, such towns as Lucknow and Moorshedabad are commonly 

 called even in their immediate neighbourhood Nuclow and Muksoodabad ; such 

 variations should not only be looked for, but their publication encouraged. — Eds. 



