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2 distance of twelve miles, the descent was considerable, amounting
3 to 1,250 feet, the difference between its elevation and that of
4 Angeera, The river in some places disappeared, sinking, pro-
5 bably, in its gravelly bed: where it came to light, the depth
6 nowhere exceeded a few inches. On every side very steep and
7 high mountains were visible. The next march was of twelve
8 miles, to Peesee Bhent, elevation 4,600 feet, the bed of the
9 river still in many places dry, and in general constituting
10 the road. In one place precipices, 500 feet high, were so close
11 to each other, that the passage between them was not more than
12 thirty or forty feet wide. An‘enemy might here effectually
13 prevent the progress of troops by merely rolling down a few
14 blocks of stone, and there are no means of turning the defile.
15 The march to Putkee, distant twelve miles, and of the elevation
16 of 4,250 feet, lay through a wide part of the valley, displaying
17 considerable cultivation; the road in some instances diverged
18 from the channel of the river, but crossed it several times. To
19 Paesht Khana, a distance of ten miles and a half, and at an elevation
20 of 3,500 feet, the road was at first very difficult, lying over the
21 stony bed of the river; it afterwards became better, crossing a
22 considerable plain, in which the direct road from Kelat by Pan-
23 duran, lying to the north, joined the Moola Pass. The next
24 march was twelve miles, to Nurd, elevation 2,850 feet, and the
25 most southern point of the pass. The road several times
26 crossed the river, which receives from the south a stream, along
27 the course of which a cross road proceeds to Khozdar. On the
28 right of the road the two peaks, Dodandan (two teeth), towered
29 to a great height. In the succeeding march, to Jungi Kooshta,
30 distant twelve miles, and of the elevation of 2,150 feet, the
31 character of the valley and inclosing hills improved, as they afforded
32 good pasture. For the next march, to Bent-i-jah, distant ten
33 miles and a half, and of the elevation of 1,850 feet, the road
34 scarcely deviated from the course of the river, and was in general
35 good. In the following march to Kohow, distant above eleven
36 miles, and of the elevation of 1,250 feet, the road had a slight
37 ascent and descent. The next march brought the detachment to
38 Kullar,; distance ten miles, elevation 750 feet. This is probably
39 the termination of the pass, though the route proceeds thirteen
40 miles farther, to Kotree, in the plain of Cutch Gundava. In
41 a military point of view, it is preferable to the Bolan Pass,