27. Maidan (18½ miles—292 miles).
28. Kabul (26 miles—318 miles).
VI
KABUL TO THE OXUS BY BAMIAN,
TAHKT-I-PUL AND BALKH.
1. Argandab (14 miles).—Supplies procurable in small quantities; water plentiful; grass scarce. Road tolerably good.
2. Rustam Khel (8 miles—22 miles).—Supplies and water procurable; grass plentiful but coarse.
3. Jalrez (10 miles—32 miles).—A village; supplies and water procurable, grass rather scarce. Road generally rough and stony, passing through a well cultivated valley.
4. Sar-i-Chasma (10 miles—42 miles).—A spring of water, one of the sources of the Kabul river. Road very rough, stony, and narrow.
5. Unai Pass (Foot of—9 miles—51 miles).—Water procurable, grass scarce. Road fair, occasionally running along the slopes of hills; very stony.
6. Urt (5 miles—56 miles).—Water procurable, grass scarce. The road consists of a succession of very steep ascents and descents.
7. Gardan-i-Diwar (6 miles 4 furlongs—62 miles 4 furlongs).—Water and grass plentiful; road tolerably good, passes over four rather high spurs, and crosses the Helmund.