1 INTRODUCTION.
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3 Dooraunee dans. Aooor^iigly all parties seemed t9 look ftrward
4 with certainty to the suooeBS of Shauh £Sli4<u** cause, an event ^hich
5 mw called for by the prayers of the people, to whom the Shauh'a
6 moderation and jusfioe had greatly eodeaied him. »
7 Our first march was to Chumkuny, a villa^'o oiil v four miles from
8 Pesliawer. The country was now becoming a little unsettloti, and,
9 instead of a few foot-patb who iisetl to plunder single men when we
10 first arri\ ed, there were now bands of robbers who carrieil otf se\'cral
11 loadL-d camels that were going to camp wiilinut a guard. The
12 accouiilant of the mission allowed a mule of own, lotuled with
13 rupees to tiie \itine of ^'1000, and also with fine shawls, to
14 loiter behind: the mule having thrown the muleteer, and laid
15 him wmwlm on the ground, fan through the crowd, and shook
16 off itai valnaUe Imiden, idiich was instantly pillaged by the by«
17 standeia.
18 On the 15th we continued our inardit The appearance of oor
19 line was now much altered by the great proportion of mulea and
20 ponies employed in caoying die baggi^> by the number of good
21 horses which were to be seen mounted or led, by the use of Persian
22 and Uabek saddles and bridles, as well as of boots and mantles
23 among the upper classes of our Indian attendants, and by the num-
24 ber of Peshawerees and other people who spoke Persian, that now
25 accompanied us in various capacities. A rmniber of persons followed
26 us from the city as lar as this day's march, some to show tlieir atten-
27 tion, but more to importune us for presents, of which all the people
28 at Peshawer, except the highest classes, wer«' inordinatelv f^reedy.
29 Our march on this day lay through a good deal of wood ot tamarisk
30 trees.
31 On the 16th we left tlie wood, and marched over an extensive plain
32 of green turf, only varied by the low plant called Jouz by the
33 A%haun8, and Ehauree Sbooiuree by the Persians* and by a plant
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