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KANDAHAR TO DERA ISMAIL KHAN.
1. Kala Mohmand (6 kos).—Over the Kandahar plain. The water here is from springs, but brackish. A little cultivation in the neighbourhood.
2. Taruk (6 kos—12 kos).—Over a sandy plain; encamping-ground on the bank of the Tarnak river, from which water is procurable.
3. Wilgai (5 kos—17 kos).—In this day’s march a small “pass” has to be crossed. No provisions procurable here, and water only from springs.
4. Jandar Madat Khan (5 kos—22 kos).—A village in the midst of a well cultivated tract on the banks of the Arghesan; road good.
5. Lora (6 kos—28 kos).—Road along the bed of the Arghesan; here also are villages and cultivation, and Lora itself is situated at the junction of a stream coming down from above the Mukur with the Arghesan.
6. Sarghaz Kotal (6 kos—34 kos).—Still up the bed of the stream, the road is broken and rugged; there are a few small villages in the neighbourhood surrounded by small patches of cultivation. The country generally is mountainous and barren; camping-ground at the foot of the Kotal.
7. Camp (6 kos).—Long tedious march. The ascent and descent of the Sarghaz mountain takes the greater part of a day. The encamping-ground is at a spring on the remote side of the range; no village, but trees.
8. Camp (6 kos).—Over an undulating broken country, gradually descending again to the bed of the Arghesan, on the bank of which is the spot for encamping.
9. Shirkzai (6 kos).—Over a country undulating and hilly; the banks of the Arghesan are here and there cultivated, and have a good sprinkling of villages.