Journeys in Balochistan,Afghanistan the Panjab, & Kalat (Volume 1)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1844 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XV. Dreary country.--Serai.--Quest of road.--Wild Patan.--Gain road.--Signs of the kali la.--Tents.--Invitation Repast.--Treatment after repast.--Despoiled.--Provided with lodging.--Reviled for an infidel.--Renewed ill-treatment.--Mutual ignorance.--Dismissal.--Forced return.--Interposition of Mulla.--Rebuke of my persecutors.--Exposure of my money.--Restitution of my property.--Demand for my money.--Fresh encounter.--Lose part of my money.--In danger of a scuffle.--Join camel-drivers.--Despoiled.--Appearance of Hajis--Accompany them--Desperate situation--Meetings.--Mirth of Afghans.--Plain of Robat.--Houz Maddat Khan.--Tents of Robat.--Hajis.--Their mode of travelling, &c.--Reach the kafila.--Repulsed by Khadar Khan.--Intensity of cold.--Rejected from fires.--Received by Mahomed All.--Khadar Khan.--Abdiilali Khan.--Individuals of Kafila.--Join two youths begging.--Assailed by dogs.--Distress at night.--Receive a postin.--Afflictions--Their continuance.--Progress of kafila.--Nature of country.--Buldak.--Pastoral tribes.--Liberties taken by men of kafila.--Omit no occasion of plunder.--Dog purloined.--Hill range.--At loss for water.--Fruitless parley with Atchak Zais.--Ascent of hills.--Descent.--Pass of Kozhak.--Other passes.--Interruption by Atchak Zais.--Their audacity.--Killa Abdulah Khan.--River.--Halt.--Violence of the Atchak Zais--Difficulty in arrangement--Khadar Khan's agitation.--Eloquent debates.--Outrageous behaviour.--River Lora.--Ali Zai.--Mehrab Khan's country.--Approach Shall--Personate a Haji--Reach Shall.--Situation in the kafila.--Stay at Shall.--Good treatment.--Quetta.--Bazar--Gardens.--Valley.--Climate.--Fear of Khakas.--Khaddit.--Villages--Tribes. I Proceeded alone from Kandahar, with the intention of overtaking the kafila, whi...