1 the Koran, he produced with the other the order that had been
2 issued for having me plundered, which was from the Governor
3 of Bamian ; all the things which were taken from me were
4 enumerated. On my arrival on the other side of the mountain,
5 I immediately dispatched a man with letters to the Nawaub, in
6 which I described the ill-treatment I had sustained. I was
7 afterwards informed that the Nawaub had reprimanded his
8 brother Dost, and that the Governor of Bamian was removed
9 from his post, all my things being returned to General
10 Avitabile, from whom I received them. Had I, in my first
11 excitement, opposed them, and fired at them, I should have been
12 murdered.
13 At Holm I was recognised in the court-yard of the receiver of
14 the customs, notwithstanding my Affghan costume, and though
15 still on horseback, I was requested to alight there and take up
16 my quarters. There is no doubt that I was betrayed by my own
17 attendants, especially by Ivheiat, who feared he would be punished
18 .when the caravan, which was coming behind us, should arrive,
19 and give information of his having been my guide, and his
20 passing me secretly through that country. The receiver of the
21 customs instantly dispatched a man to Koondoos, where his su-
22 perior officer, Utmaram, a Hindoo, minister to Emeer-Murad-Beg,
23 resided. When informed of this circumstance, I sent off one of
24 my attendants with the letter of recommendation which the
25 Nawaub Djubber-Khan had addressed to Utmaram, in which he
26 recommended him to take care of my person, or else he would
27 destroy his property at Peshawur. This letter made such an
28 impression on the minister, that the receiver of the customs
29 received an order to forward me instantly and secretly, by an
30 escort, to the frontier; fearing that if the Emeer-Murad-Beg
31 should learn that I was there, he might insist upon my coming
32 to Koondoos, and keep me there a prisoner. Thus I arrived
33 safely at Balkh, where I waited for the caravan with my luggage;
34 and the winter being very severe, I ordered a pair of kadjevahs.
35 These are large baskets, which are placed on the camels, the
36 interior of which being lined with woollen rugs, they prove to the
37 traveller, who is accustomed to cower down, or sit with outstretched