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3 in eleven and the latter in thirtpen days), have been of great service, with the
4 routes from Kandahar and Buikii, in fixing its position. Had it not been for
5 dMM rotttaii I'dMuldhmve placed Herat modi Anther weat, and given a leal
6 mm to the foad fimn Kandahar. I have allowed a'diatanceof Ibor faandRid
7 and eighteen mOes ftom Herat to Cabnl in a direct line, which I conceive to
8 be a fiill allowance ; this gives, in a direct line, thirty-eight miles a day, which
9 Zomatm Shah must have marclied ; and the country being excessively moun-
10 tainous all the way, I cannot allow less than one in seven for winding, which
11 gives a diiitauce oi' forty-four miles he must have marched each day } this
12 diitanoe for a body of botae and mulei, fbr eleven days togetiier, I think it
13 ftUjrauiBeient. It lypeeie from the loirteB firom Kandahar to Herat thirt the
14 road has a very great bend. There are three I0ad>;, one by fVimhi wliich ie
15 west of Kandahar and south of Herat. The second by Dilaram and Gnrra-
16 nee, which is the centre road, and has also a considerable curve. The third
17 is called the Sirhud road, and is the most direct one, but it passes through a
18 hilly country of the Tymunees and other Ymalca» and is sddom travdled.
19 All the distenceeghren in tfaeee rentes make itneoeaeurT'to give a great'cnive
20 to llie road in order that the fidl diitanee nuiy be given, and that 'Herat may
21 be by this means brought to a reasonable distance in a direct line from
22 Cabul, for there can be no doubt of Zrmann Shsih and Mahmood Shah's
23 having perform p(! the'^e marches, it haMiig b«. mi In ird from so many quarters,
24 and all agreeing within a day. In the routes trom Kandahar to Herat, via
25 Furrah, it appears that the sun rose towards the traveller's back and set in
26 fiont as fiur as IWcah ; and firom that-it rose to Ins ri^ and set to the left*
27 The same appears in tihe rmtes by Gnrrance, and the dfistance given from
28 Cabul and Bulkh agreeing to this curv^ I tliink Herat is near tJie trntil.
29 Had I not placed Furrah at the angle, the following routes would have
30 thrown out Musheed soiitJi-west instead of north-west of Herat ; the routes
31 £rom l<urraii to Ghain and Toon, trom Ghain to Musheed, fixun Ghain to
32 Deh fteis, from Brii Esea to Jellakbsd and Kandahar, and from Mushud
33 to Herat The roed also from tihe sea-ooest from ChoodMur to Herat pesses
34 through Furrah. There can be Uttle doubt of Chooahar being soutib of
35 Herat, and as the road leads by Fkinah, it is another proof that Rirrah is
36 nearly south of Herat, and consequently the road has a great c urve. Had
37 I thrown Herat further north, aiid given a less curve to the road in order to
38 bring it nearer Cabul, it would have brought it too near Bokiura and Buikh,
39 whioh are fixed from other points. I M petftdiy satisfiedt from these and
40 many other dreumstances,. that I 'eve got Hemt eoirect I shall noiir take
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