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In 1810, Pottinger traversed the desert of Baluchistan from 



Pottinger and Christie Nushki to Bamptfr, the road followed by him 

 ( l8l °)« ty m g mostly at some distance to the south of 



the region which I visited. He has recorded some interesting obser- 

 vations on the district in his " Travels in Baloochistan and Sinde M 

 (London, 1816), which also contains some extracts from the diary of 

 Captain Christie who travelled from Nushki to the Helmand and 

 thence to Seistari. 



There is some useful information in the journal of Ha"ji Abdul 

 u ... ;. ,,, KT .- Nabi of K£bul who travelled in Baluchistan 



Haji Abdul Nam 



(1838-39). during the years I838-39. 1 But his observations 



refer almost entirely to districts south of those which I visited. 



Ou the other hand, the journey accomplished by Captain Edward 

 Conolly and Sergeant Cameron was through dis- 



Conolly, 1839. & 



tricts lying further north. In his M Sketch of 

 the Physical geography of Seistan " 2 , Captain Conolly gives an in- 

 teresting description of that province which I was unfortunately 

 prevented from visiting although I travelled up to its boundary. 



Seistin was also visited by Leech in 1840, 3 Ferrier in 1845,* and 

 Khanikoffin 1858. 6 



Dr. Cook's M Topographical and geological sketch of the province 

 of Sarawan, or northern portion of the table- 

 land of Beloochistan "° is concerned directly with 

 geology, but refers to a district situated east of the one which 

 I studied. 



1 Notes taken on a tour through parts of Baloochistan, in 183S and 1839, by Hajee 

 Abdun Nabee of Kabul, journ. As. Soc. of Ben., Vol. XIII (1844), pp. 667-706 and 786-826* 



2 Journ. As. Soc. of Ben., Vol. IX (1840), pp. 710-726. 



3 " A Description of the Country of Seisthan," by Lieutenant R. Leech. Journ. As.. 

 Soc. of Ben., Vol. XIII (1S44), pp. 115-120. 



4 "Caravan Journeys and Wanderings in Persia, Afghanistan, Turkistan and Beloo- 

 chistan," by J. P. Ferrier. London, John Murray, 1856. 



* " Memoire sur la Partie Meridionale de l'Asie Centrale," par Nicolas de Khanikoft. 

 Paris, 1S62. 



• Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay, No. VI, New Series 

 (pp. 1-44). 



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