1 MB. DVUTB NARSATIV&
2 At a place Ciilled Lullunder, he was struck with tlie beauty and ma^nifi-
3 c^ceof some castles, which he never saw e<jualled ; but lie says: "they
4 *' wen of ^singular kind, and very haidto due^be, unto I could paiot them.
5 <* flBeptatalugeiBoiqiioi went tootliorciilloi^ hwMiiHeJ, wtm ona veiy
6 •* hi^ nountain a small house, which they termed Poytukt Zemaa Sbaoh (or
7 « the dirone of Shauh Zeroaun), not far from it is Sultan Bauber's small white
8 «« stone mosqtic; (one day I went there; there having come many veiled bdies,
9 1 was not allowed entrance ; one of them returning on horse-back, lier horse
10 ** happening to run swiit, she tuuibled down, and others weut up to her a:$.Hist-
11 •*iuioe). On my aixivel at Giiibuli a lefpectalilo mm invited me, giving me
12 •* bleed and pilaw. I dept at a moaqoe in the town : indiemaniii^wentte
13 M fakea at tlw Lahora gate. Th^ reodved me kindly. Stayed tfaeie ni^
14 <* wards of twenty days, sleeping at a JOOMpieb though the head Fakeer atbm
15 ** desired me to rest at the f:ikea ; went about the bazars dailv ; at times saw
16 *• several cliiets on excellent horses, having line coloured garments and turbans,
17 ** pass by, with many footmen going beibre. Discoursing at the fakea, or
18 ** dsewheie, they frequently aaked if I waa a spy } one at the &kea, a diarp
19 M amniiig man, discerned that I waa not circmnciwd, but he and aenieodien^
20 ** held tbeir tongoea. In discourse with aoaie of them thefo^ and at the
21 ** moaquei concerning Feningeea (Europeans), it was remarked that many am-
22 toms accorded in the Alroran anc? Scrij^tTires, but that owing to reason -
23 *' able circumstances, reaiionable inntj' :ii khis li id uikeu pliice, to whirfi they
24 agreed, and gave consent. The head 1 ukcei one evening, not benig ni die
25 f way, I anUamedto the oAeci* and was goiug oC when he happened to come
26 •* and called out I returned, and tdiing bin I was goingb he gave me Ue
27 «*bleiKng. Atdaikamvt I Bootkhab,"
28 Mr. Durie went on towards Fesliawer with some little caravans: oooebfr
29 ing behind the rest, he met witli tiie following adventure : " When going
30 •* alone, I met a young Afghaun having a matchlock, and a lai sxc knife ; asked
31 •* <rf him how far Guudamuck was, he saui one royal uiunzii, and went off*-,
32 « but he afterwards holloed efter me to stMld; I obeyed, he wanted me to go
33 amoqg the mountanw, aaying I was aifiy, a m<gpfwn< an alchymiat^ or a
34 ** Persian. I said I was an Hindostaunee : he i^ck me hard on tlw
35 with the back of the knife, and made many thrusts, till he drew some Uood,
36 •* when he begged p;»rdon, and slieathed his knife." *« Another day getting
37 •* astray from the inaiu mad, I jji uccedeil through the niountain^;, and became
38 •* several times blocked up so, that to extricate mysell^ 1 was otten obhged to
39 «• dimb up and^ down fiom high rooks. Slept therein the nigfat, about tea
40 Digitized by Googlc