1 460 THE FORT.
2 mulberry trees denotes this place. Formerly
3 there was a fort, and the Afghan monarchs on
4 their way from and to Kabul used to encamp
5 here. Itis also the place where Shah Zaman,
6 one of them, was blinded, by his eyes being
7 pierced with a needle by order of Shah Mah-
8 mud, his half brother. Close to the last ground
9 is a steep and difficult ascent, then a gentle
10 slope along the side of a hill, then in the bed
11 of a stream for a long distance, then another
12 long and steep ascent, on the top of which is
13 an old ruined fort, where in the time of the
14 Moguls @ strong garrison was posted to keep
15 the road. They did not trust as we did to
16 the neighbouring tribes for that important
17 measure, but their own military force; down
18 a stream for three miles, and then into camp.
19 A most tedious march for the artillery ; stony
20 ground the whole way, very bad encamping
21 ground except for a few tents amongst the
22 trees: a part of the camp was pitched under
23 them, and a part opposite the grove of trees.
24 Therg is no village on the roadside but one
25 at some ‘distance to the left of it, On reaching