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Dadur, closing on the bungalow at Darwaza. He was obliged to leave off 
at this point owing to want of water and absence of food for the camels. 
He commenced again from Quetta and carried on a traverse through the 
Gwaja Pass towards Kandahar, by the same route as Captain Rogers, in 
rear of the advanced force under General Stewart, continuing it on to 
Girishk and thence back to Kandahar by another route through Yikchal, 
Kak-i-chopan, Khushki Nakhud, Atah Karez, Hadi Madat and Sangzuri. 
This route survey from Quetta to Girishk has all been plotted on the 
scale of 1 inch to a mile, with as much detail on either side as could be 
managed, and a reduced map on the scale of } inch to a mile has also been 
completed. 
A survey of the route from Chaman, at the foot of the western side 
of the Khojak Pass, to Kandahar, vid Gatai, Mel Manda, Abdul Rahman ka 
Kila and Mand Hissar, in all 772 miles, was made by Lieut. J. Hobday, s. ¢. 
From Quetta, Lieut. Gore, x. z. was engaged about the beginning 
of March in making a survey of the Pishin Valley on the scale of 2 miles to 
an inch, assisted by Captain Maitland of the 3rd Sind Horse, Assistant Field 
Engineer, This survey is based on an independent base near Gulistan Karez 
and connected with Captain Rogers’ triangulation in the neighbourhood of 
Quetta. 
Lieut. Gore describes the Pishin Valley as practically dead flat and 
upwards of 25 to 30 miles wide. He had some difficulty in obtaining 
suitable points, as there is a singular want of well-defined and recognisable 
peaks on the borders of the valley itself. On the eastern side of the valley 
along the foot of the Ajiram range the ground is greatly broken and cut 
up, water is scarce and the country is inhabited by nomad Kakars. 
In conjunction with Captains Heaviside and Holdich, Lieut. Gore fixed 
points across the northern end of the valley, in order to connect his work 
in Pishin with the survey of the Thal Chotiali Route made by the latter 
officers. 
Farly in April, Major W. M. Campbell, xr. 5. went from Quetta with 
a detachment to Shorawak and made a route traverse with compass and 
perambulator of about 157 miles through Ispintéza, Hisdbat, Badalzai, 
Zabardasht, Shorawak Karez, Ilt4z Karez, Issurkai, Ispinkai, Chichizai, 
Showd, Panchpai, Shorad, Khanak, Barg and back to Quetta. This traverse, 
though rather rough, is valuable as being almost all through nearly unknown 
country, and it helps to mark some very important features, for instance, 
the edge of the great desert, the course of the Lora, the Khan’s boundary 
&e. It gives the position of several ranges of hills and a fair idea of their 
nature and direction for some miles on either side. 
