1 Anmaaul COK»ntUCnON OP THE ICAP.
2 999
3 Mooltan, and Ooch ; the distances being short md the ancrles great, it must
4 be nearly right } one due west from Dera Isgaaeel Kiuu by the Gholeree
5 pass, leavipg QfaiaMfr to right ; lixihMii Qilittl* .tad Mo fipom. the tea
6 from KiiffarJifirfmiMird vui KiBate NweBr JShnj fjuifti^ Mtdtrnm,' . ..
7 The distance from Cabul to Kandahar is iet off at a idfle and a hdf -to oadi
8 eoi^ being the King's road, and the coes has been found » aifle and ft Inlf
9 each. The others I have calculated by the rate of marching, not knowing
10 the exact length of the cos« in these couiitnLs ; and having calculah d the
11 rate oi marching through various kinds oi country, 1 consider it a more cor-
12 i«<AiiKNlevheie the ]«qgUi of tilt COM iiiiot known* tim I l»Sro
13 fimnd candt mwch at the following ntei, tii0 niilflo tad irhalf per bo«»-fbr
14 twelve and thirteen hours over the sandy de^rt ; they beat the elephiiQl*:
15 we had one hour's halt, in fifteen and sixteen miles ; they march at the rate
16 of two miles five furlongs per hour over sandy deJiarts ; and when the road
17 was hard, and even iJiey have gone two miles seven tiirlongs, and lor eight
18 or ten miles, three mil^ per hour, loaded. From these observations 1 iiave
19 oaleulatod the nuvdi of ceiwwne,' aUoning fer halt* end the nadice of the
20 eountiy. The aee-ooMt I hsve taken firam « ]irinted niqi^ inppqd^
21 correct. Thia I conceived to be ne<»enfy in fixing some distant pointi^ fat
22 it could not be suppoied that 1 could lay down the windiqgi of the eoeit
23 from information.
24 The fourth grand ponit is Bulkh, the position oi which is well calculated
25 for fixing the following points, viz. Herat, Bokhara, and Budukshaun. Bulkh
26 it eittiated two mardiea ftom die left benk of the Ammoo 4t Oxat^ on Urn
27 great road from Peihonr, Cabal» and yandahar« to Bofchew. IhvwagiMft
28 naoj excellent routes to it from the ebofve plaoet, and the most of them
29 agree ; those wliicb I had reason to suppose incorrect, I rejected, 'hu\ from
30 having so many which agree in the places and distances, and the points tbrm-
31 ing great angles, besides numerous cr<m routes to coxrect the distance in the
32 great curves of the lohd, t ffkl great confidenee in placing BuUch as I
33 I ihall take dusaiapoaiitfiron vhidi I Acan to settle thepoiitkm of HewL
34 Kandidiar ehallbethe second poiaL Frain the great distance of Herait,andfitMn^
35 the Hiizara country, which is generally avoided by travellers, being on the
36 direct road tirom Cabul to it, the road takes a great curve, and I have found
37 more difEbul^ in placing it thau any of the points hitherto iaid down. The
38 lontes, hoiwerer, of Zemnn Shah aiid JIfahinood Shah fawn.Heiat to Cibu^
39 tfaEoqgh the HiBttdi eooBtiy in a direet luie (the ftiiM
40 4M .