1 CHAHARBAGH. 449
2 between Peshawr and Kabul. He was also
3 invested with the general control, both po-
4 litical and military, of the force left behind.
5 In consequence of the number of the sick in
6 hospital, they were also left at Jalalabad.*
7 Having arranged affairs there, we quitted
8 that place on the 2Ist inst. and moved to
9 Chaharbagh ; distance, four and a half miles;
10 road sandy, and rather heavy. Encamping
11 ground to the left of the stream, with a water-
12 course running through it
13 Owing to the force left at Jalalabad, there
14 was a change in the order of march. The
15 * « At noon the thermometer never stood lower than
16 102°, and a hot wind blew all the day; but at night it
17 became so cold that counterpanes and blankets were abso-
18 lutely necessary to defend us from its influence. In addi-
19 tion to one-third of the several regiments and detachments
20 being on the sick report, numbers were daily swelling the
21 list, and amongst others the surgeon, who about this time
22 was laid up with fever, brought on b¥ exposure and atten-
23 tion to his arduous duties. Amongst the levies deaths
24 were frequent ; and to such a height did the sickness at
25 last attain that it became necessary to make arrangements
26 for the reception of the invalids at Jalalabad, as there was
27 no carriage to convey them further.” — Barr’e gournal,
28 pp. 359, 360.