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2 limm ttunliden in tlw mtmeot our nuuidij bot ouf biUBMBWtt
3 :ioo well guanded to alloir of tlietr attackiiig it We halted that day
4 it Zerghoon Khiils "ind it is remarkable thi^ the hilb wefe so hi^
5 and the iwlleja ao deep in thi^ Ukardhi that the Survejws could not
6 •ee the «an to take an observitian ai noon day.
7 ' We marched early next morning ; and, ^er some fine wem in the
8 Valley, we reached its mouth, when a -nut range of aobwy roountama
9 began to appear, and soon disclosed a spectacle of unequalled magni-
10 ficence. We learned from our gtiides that it was part of the chain of
11 Hindoo Coosli (the Indian Canrnsus), and that, immediately beyond
12 it, were Cash^^ai , Riidukhshauii, and Tartary. By tliis time we'ha<l
13 approachetl a little ruined tower in tlie mouth of the vallev, nnd dis-
14 covered a great many' armed KJieibure<'s, sitliag on the hiils, looking;
15 . wistfidly at the camels passing. Moojia Khaun immediately halted
16 the few horse he had with him, and proposed that we should stay in
17 the tower ull ail our baggage Wim |)ust : thither we went, and pre-
18 aeAtly' Were joined by all the Kheiberees in a body. The chiefs only
19 cathe up to us, and aflkad ibr « preaent} but Mooss Khaun told them
20 U>= 'Come to our (Samp after every thing «raa past, and we mfuld oao»
21 aider of- ic« an arrangement they did not aeem to approve. It gave
22 ine a atSfangfe notion of tlie aystient of mamiiBis in Caiibul> that theie
23 tUft»«ed' iobben ahould come iq> and aak ibr a preaent; and that
24 Blooto'^iion» hi .hia rich dreaa, and golden annfl» ahoold ait alnoat
25 nniittdfdedin the midat of their mrtddockai and refuae them. We
26 wete iktm stored on tiie plain of F6alunver» over ivhich we dontinued
27 to -mudi tin three in the aftomoon, utei we encamped at the vil-
28 lage of Budabeer, six miles from the city.
29 Though I do not intend to touch on my ncgotiatioiM, it will dn*
30 ddate my interoonme with the people at Peshawer, to atate the man-
31 ner in which the mission was regarded at Court. TTie newa of its ar-
32 rival reached the King while on his my from Candahar, and its ol>*
33 ject was at first regarded with strong prejudice and distrust The
34 Kinff of Caubul had alwavs been the resource of all the disaffected in
35 India. To him Tippoo Sultaun, Viaeer Ally, and ail other Mahom-
36 Digitized by Googlc