Afghanistan; Asia, Central -- Description and travel; Eastern question (Central Asia)
33. _Ghor-i-Sufed_ (8 miles--372 miles).--Water, forage and
grass sufficient: succession of rolling undulations, which the
road crosses at right angles; soil hard and gravelly.
34. _Kala-i-Mula Yasin_ (9 miles 4 furlongs--381 miles 4
furlongs).--Water plentiful; forage and grass abundant; a few
small villages in the vicinity; road over undulating ground.
35. _Rozeh Bagh_ (11 miles 4 furlongs--393 miles).--Water
plentiful from canals; grass very scarce.
36. _Hari Rud_ (4 miles 4 furlongs--397 miles 4 furlongs).
37. _Herat_ (3 miles--400 miles 4 furlongs).
IV
KANDAHAR TO DERA ISMAIL KHAN.
1. _Kala Mohmand_ (6 kos).--Over the Kandahar plain. The water
here is from springs, but brackish. A little cultivation in the
neighbourhood.
2. _Taruk_ (6 kos--12 kos).--Over a sandy plain;
encamping-ground on the bank of the Tarnak river, from which
water is procurable.
3. _Wilgai_ (5 kos--17 kos).--In this day’s march a small “pass”
has to be crossed. No provisions procurable here, and water only
from springs.
4. _Jandar Madat Khan_ (5 kos--22 kos).--A village in the midst
of a well cultivated tract on the banks of the Arghesan; road
good.
5. _Lora_ (6 kos--28 kos).--Road along the bed of the Arghesan;
here also are villages and cultivation, and Lora itself is
situated at the junction of a stream coming down from above the
Mukur with the Arghesan.
6. _Sarghaz Kotal_ (6 kos--34 kos).--Still up the bed of the
stream, the road is broken and rugged; there are a few small
villages in the neighbourhood surrounded by small patches of
cultivation. The country generally is mountainous and barren;
camping-ground at the foot of the Kotal.
7. _Camp_ (6 kos).--Long tedious march. The ascent and descent
of the Sarghaz mountain takes the greater part of a day. The
encamping-ground is at a spring on the remote side of the range;
no village, but trees.
8. _Camp_ (6 kos).--Over an undulating broken country, gradually
descending again to the bed of the Arghesan, on the bank of
which is the spot for encamping.
9. _Shirkzai_ (6 kos).--Over a country undulating and hilly; the
banks of the Arghesan are here and there cultivated, and have a
good sprinkling of villages.
10. _Katt_ (6 kos).--Road resembles previous march. A Ghilzai
encampment near some springs; the road leaves the bed of the
Arghesan and crosses the Ghwauza Kotal, which is neither high
nor difficult; this is the last halting-place in the Kandahar
district.
11. _Surkhel_ (7 kos).--A village belonging to the Tokhi
Ghilzais; country tolerably well cultivated; water brackish from
springs.
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