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3 Itoe were left bfihind as he advanoecL The day was dedded before
4 he irrivvd; but he, nevertheleaa, puihed on, and had penetrated to
5 iSttB place whore Tutteh Khaim wa.s, ^vh^^ he was overpowered and
6 daiDf after a Terjr brave resistance. The King fled to the moimtaiD^
7 ftom whence he soon after issued to take Candahar. That enterpriae
8 was alao. uHimately unsuccessful. He hat made two more attenqrta
9 dnoe tlieas and haa twice takoa Beshswert but is now onoe more in
10 exile.
11 On the morning after the bad news (July 4th,) we set out on our
12 march, as had been previously settled ; we first went to the camp of
13 the haram to take leave of Meer Abool Hussun Khaun. The camp
14 00ntaine«5 nttmerous enclosures of serrapurdahs or canvas screen^?, and
15 a vast number of cajawas or ( an^t l panniers, in which women travel,
16 and we wanderp<l long through them betorc we couhl find the Khaun.
17 He was much less dcprcssofl tliaa I had expe< teil ; but talked with-
18 out reserve of the hopelc ssik ss of the King .s ailairs, and of the un-
19 certainty of the rereption tlie haram would m&it with from the Siks.
20 We took a uidaru lioK leave; and, crossing the hills Lu the south. of
21 the valle), we quitted the King of Cauburb doiiiiniona. ' ' '
22 We were received by a party of Siks soon after we passed their
23 fiY>ntier ; and, from this time, we met with no trace of Dooraunee
24 language or nunmna among the people, lliough pleased with the
25 flUw on the borders* we could not but be struck with the rough man-
26 ners,'the barfoatous language, and the naked bodies of the people,
27 amof^ whom we were oome ; nor waa it with any partiality thiBt we
28 peiodhred an inereared roflcmbhmce to the cnatomaof Ifindoatan. in
29 three mardiet we readied Rawil Findeen . The country waa uneolti*
30 vated, and much intersected by deep and eoLtenarre ravines. In the
31 ooone of theteoond march* we paased a ridge of hiUs* which would
32 hsvebeeo' difficult to^ cross had not die Mogul emperors, with (heir
33 wonted nufflificenoe, cut , a road through the solid rocL lliia road
34 ia about three-feurths of a mOe long, and paved with great' masses of
35 a haid.Uue stone, well fitted in, and still in good repair.
36 Hie town of Bawil Findae is large and populous. It ia a prett;f
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