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2 began to advance high claims on the liberality
3 of the Shah. They demanded an extravagant
4 personal allowance, and: urged that it might
5 be soon settled, as the time for operations was
6 approaching. Their demand was denied, and
7 a moderate sum offered to each for himself and
8 retainers; on which they applied to retire from
9 the service. As the rapacity of the Afghans is
10 well’ known, and it would have been difficult
11 to satisfy their expectations, they were in-
12 formed that they- might depart if they liked.
13 Accordingly they left the camp, and went about
14 a kos on their way to Peshawr; when finding
15 that they had thwarted their own object, to
16 save their credit the Shah Zada sent a message
17 to them, telling them that if they agreed to
18 accept the rates which had been fixed, they
19 might return. They assented to them without
20 objection, and were readmitted to camp.
21 9th.—Baoli; distance fourteen miles; ge-
22 neral direction north-west. About the third
23 mile cross a stream running from left to right,
24 that is, to the north-west. It is the united
25 stream of the Hasan Abdal Nala, which after-