25. _Aushara_ (10 miles--300 miles).--A camp of 30 or 40 tents; and good water and encamping ground; forage abundant. 26. _Khushk-i-Zard_ (10 miles--310 miles).--A camp of 40 tents; no cultivation; forage and water abundant; one hill difficult of descent. 27. _Band-i-zer-Mast_ (20 miles--330 miles).--No dwellings; forage and water abundant; an ascent of 6 miles, very stony and difficult. 28. _Kharoke_ (20 miles--350 miles).--A military post; cultivation, forage, and water abundant; road level and good. There is water in the middle of this stage, but no forage. 29. _Herat_ (20 miles--370 miles).--Good level road, through a well populated country, the whole way. _N.B._--The first numbers in this and following routes give the length of the stage, the second the total distance from the commencement of the route. II. KANDAHAR TO HERAT (BY THE NORTHERN ROUTE) 1. _Kokaran_ (7 miles).--The river Argandab runs within 500 yards of the high road; an irrigation channel also furnishing an abundant supply of water. Small quantities of forage procurable. For the first 3 miles the road passes through the enclosed gardens surrounding the city and crosses the several canals drawn from the Argandab for irrigating the valley of Kandahar. 2. _Jangeri_ (5 miles--12 miles).--Water procured from an irrigation canal drawn from the Argandab, the river one mile distant south-east; forage for camels and horses procurable. The road stony in some places but generally good; there is an abrupt descent into the bed of the Argandab river, which is easily fordable. 3. _Haoz-i-Madat Khan_ (14 miles--26 miles).--Watered by the same canal which supplies Jangeri; grass plentiful about 5 miles to the southward; several villages and much cultivation in the vicinity; large flocks of sheep and goats. The march lies across a hard and level plain. Water is found close to the road, a short distance from the village of Badwan, 2½ miles from Jangeri. 4. _Khushk-i-Nakhud_ (15 miles 6 furlongs--41 miles 6 furlongs).--Abundant supply of good water from two artificial watercourses. Grass scarce, and little cultivation. A hard level road. 5. _Khak-i-Chopan_ (9 miles 5 furlongs--51 miles 3 furlongs).--Water procurable in sufficient quantity. Road generally good and level; sand lies rather deeply on it for a short distance, and some slight undulations in the ground are met with towards the end of the march. Cultivation and villages lie 2 or 3 miles to the south. 6. _Left Bank of Helmund River_ (22 miles 5 furlongs--74 miles).--Water abundant, from irrigation channels and from the river. Very little cultivation on this side of the river and but few dwellings. Road generally good and hard.