Journey to the North of India Overland from England Through Russia, Persia, and Affghaunistaun (Volume 41, PT. 1); Overland from England, Through Russia, Persia, and Affghaunistaun (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1838. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI. March on via Buhawalpore, across the Indian desert, to the British frontier--Conclusion of journey. December 26th.--From Rohree we made a march of about forty miles to a very large village named Cawnpore. We passed eight small villages on the way: the road lay through jungle, which was suffered to keep waste a fine soil. 27th Forty miles to Raatee. Syud Muheen Shah fancied that the Ameers would somehow or other hear of my being with his party, and send men to bring us back; he therefore desired the guide to avoid the main road, and we went from hamlet to hamlet to ask our way. The soil of the country we rode through was fine, but, excepting where cleared for a little cultivation of cotton or jawarree, it was overrun with jungle. About sunset, as we were making the best of our way up .a long open glade, one of our running camels slipped upon the turf, and snapped its leg in two, so that we were obliged to unload the poor animal, and give it to some villagers. TOWARDS BUHAWULPORE. 237 Raatee was a large village, where we got food for ourselves and horses at a Hindoo shop. 28th.--Twenty-eight miles to the village of Zorekote. Fifteen miles on the road was the village of Zeera-ka-kote, which marks the frontier between the territories of the Khirepore Ameers and Buhawul Khan. There were numerous hamlets on the road, and the jungle was greatly cleared for cultivation. At Zorekote we met a party of Affghauns, who had come from Caubul vid Damaun, and were going to Hyderabad with hawks and a kaujir* slave-girl for sale. 29th Twenty-five miles to Sultanpore. Three miles before the latter place was the small walled town of Nohshehera, where, halting to rest a little under the shade of a tree, we fell into conversation with a Persian stranger, who, according to ...