KHYBER PASS. 



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There is excellent fishing in the stream. Loaches, Perilamps, 

 and especially an Oreinus ? swarming at Sir-i-Chushme, and taking 

 worms very greedily. 



Description of the annexed map of the Khyber Pass. 



A. Kumdhukta. By this is Abkhanah route. 



B. Little Khyber ghat, on Peshawur side. 



C. Khyber ghat, entrance on the Jallalabad side. 



D. Kurraha route. 



E. Direction of Sofaid-Koh in the distance. 



F. Flagstaff in the middle of the Pass. 



The ground between the dotted lines and river, on the south, 

 is, or has been cultivated. The ground near the river on the north 

 side is covered here and there with brown grass. About the Flagstaff, 

 sand and short dried up grass occur. 



No forests whatever visible in this direction ; the arborescent 

 vegetation being confined to scattered and small trees. 



5th. — We halted near Jumrood, after a march of ten miles and one 

 furlong. This place is situated at the mouth of the pass, within 

 sight of the Seikh camp at Jumrood. Marched down to the ghat, 

 which is generally speaking narrow and very strong, opening out 

 here and there, into easier parts extending down the stream all the 

 way ; this stream loses itself suddenly, but after a little distance it is 

 replaced by another from the right, where ravines enter : here the 

 pass is well adapted for pillage, elsewhere the sides are so steep, that 

 robbers could not dispose of their plunder. At the mouth, the pass 

 opens out into a good breadth, with an even, small, shingly bottom. 

 At Kuddun the Seikh troops were drawn up to compliment the C. in 

 C, one regiment met us shortly before to protect the baggage. 

 Maize cultivated. At the mouth, the Khyber is more difficult than 

 any other pass, except the Bolan : perhaps it is much narrower than 

 that, except just above Sir-i-Bolan. 



No change in vegetation, one or two new plants occurred, viz. a 

 Labiata, and a treelet, foliis linearibus oppositis, Jasminacea aspectu, 

 Baloot, Vitex common, Salix, and shrubs as before, Veronica, etc. 



The Khyber mountains viewed from the mouth of the pass are 

 brown, and dotted with peculiar looking trees. 



6th. — Proceeded six and a half miles to near the ruins of an old tope ; 

 first, down the nullah, then by the fort of Futtygurh, a Hindoostanee 

 mud fort with high parapets, two lines of works, and a pucka citadel 



