1 INTBODUCriOM.
2 found him littiBg under an ftwning, on a temioQ> in one of hii gu^
3 deoB, ' He-had s huge company sitting with him in good Ofder. ttuj
4 diflered greatly in appearanoe fiom Ibe natives of India, but wero
5 neither ao handaomdy dresied^ nor ao deoonNia aa Feraiana. The
6 Kabob being now fiee fiom alaim, waa dvi]* and agreeable enoii|^
7 While at MoiiItaun« and in the neigfabonihood,' I leceiTed visita
8 from Molla Jaffer Seestaunee, from the kin^a deputy Hircana Baa-
9 shee, or Newswritert and from various other persons. My intercourse .
10 with one person deserves to be mentioned, as characteristic of the
11 government of Moultaun. Secunder Khaun, the Nabob's uncle, be-
12 in^ once hunting near my camp, sent to me, to say that he had en-
13 closed tliree wild boars within his nets, and to beg I would come and
14 join in the chace of them. I thought it prudent to excuse myself,
15 but I sent a native gentleman with a civil message, some fine gun-
16 powder, and a spy-glass. Secunder Khaun returned me an indifferent
17 horsct and sent a boar to be hunted at leisure. Thus far all was well*
18 but two days afterwards, he Beat back my present, and desired to have
19 his horse iMdc, aa he waa in danger of being oonfiiied> or pot to death
20 . frr. intriguing with the English.
21 On the 16th of December, we moved to the banlDi of the Acesines^
22 . hcae called the ChenanK It has received the waters of the Hjda^ea
23 and Hydraotesi befisre it readiea ibis plaoei
24 We pasaed the rirer on the 2l8t of December (our baggage having
25 taken some days in crossing before us), and we pitched about three
26 miles from the right bank of the river. From this ground we first
27 discerned the mountiuns of Afghaunistaun. They appeared at a great
28 distance to the west, and must have been the part of the range of Soli-
29 maun, which is to the north-west of Dera Ghauzi Khaun, and, con-
30 set|uciill\. seventy or ei^^lirv iniieH firom Mooltaun. At length our
31 prepHr;itioiis were completed, and, after many pro>iects for overcoming
32 tlie diiiicuiti^ of a journey thiougli tlie snow to Candahar, we had
33 the satisfaction ot learning that the King h;ul set out on the road to
34 CSaubui. We, therefore, renewed our marcli on tlie 29tli ot Decem-
35 her« and bqgan to cross the little desart, whidi extends from north to
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