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BOLAN PASS EXPEDITION. 
have not included the native officers, who, except under very “ peculiar” 
circumstances, could never command a corps. As a matter of con¬ 
venience in recording the march of the escort, I shall adopt a journal 
form. 
4 th April, 1870.—At 4 a.m. the force quitted Jacobabad and marched 
to Rojan (just beyond our frontier boundary) ; distance 12 miles. The 
baggage camels of the different corps were here paraded for inspection 
by a committee of officers, the weak and sickly ones being rejected and 
changed for strong and healthy animals; opportunity was also afforded 
for getting out anything forgotten or left behind at Jacobabad. 
5 th and §th April, 1876.—At 6 p.m. on the 5th the infantry and 
artillery (followed at 8 p.m. by the cavalry), having struck camp, 
marched straight over the desert (34 miles) to Kunda, arriving on 
the 6th at 7.30 a.m. Guides showed us the road, which would other¬ 
wise have been difficult to find, owing to there being no track and a 
regular sea of sand. Fires were also lighted along the road to guide 
us. The infantry were rather fatigued, and suffered from want of 
water, though camels, loaded with filled leathern water bags, were sent 
on in front to stop at different stages on the road. The cavalry made 
camp about half-an-hour after our arrival. (For a description of the 
road, villages, supplies, &c., at the different encamping grounds, vide 
March Report annexed.) 
7 th April, 1876.—The infantry and artillery marched at 2 a.m. (the 
cavalry at 4 a.m.) to Makan Bela—distance, 16 miles—arriving at 
8 a.m. (the cavalry about an hour later). The road was again over 
sand, and generally uninteresting. 
8 th April , 1876.-—The infantry and artillery marched at 1 a.m. (the 
cavalry at 3 a.m.) to Bagh—distance, 22 miles—the whole force 
reaching camp at 9.15 a*m. But a delay occurred on this march. 
Bagh is the capital of Cutchee, and Major Sandeman wished us all to 
march in, in state ; consequently the infantry and artillery were ordered 
to halt three miles short of camp till the cavalry came up, which 
delayed us nearly two hours. On their arrival the march was con¬ 
tinued, and about a mile from Bagh a force of the Khan of Khelatls, 
consisting of a regiment of cavalry and one of infantry, were drawn up 
in review order facing the road, and presented arms to us, with full 
honors, as we passed. On making camp, a salute of 11 guns from a 
small battery was fired in honor of Major Sandeman; but as strict 
orders were given that none of our force were to be permitted to enter 
the town, or the place where the troops of the Khan were encamped, I 
was unable to inspect the guns, but from their report I imagine they 
may have been 3-prs. 
9 th April, 1876.—We halted at Bagh—a most unfortunate circum¬ 
stance, as it turned out, for, unknown to us, cholera was raging in the place. 
In spite of our confining everyone to camp, bad water acting on the tired 
frames of the men speedily found victims for the disease, and the men 
began to drop. The recent long marches and want of sleep now 
