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ROUTE XXIX.

FROM YUR (SEE No. 15 OF ROUTE VIII) TO CHITRIL, AUTHORITY CAPTAIN BIDDULPH FROM
NATIVE INFORMATION.

Yur to-

These are marches for a man on foot.

ROUTE XXX.

TASHKIIRGRAN, No. 9 OF ROUTE VIII, OR SARiGH-KT L TO HANZA IN KANJÛD (DR. BELLEW).

Davdâ.r, 4 tash. Across valley and amongst hills to camp ground. The first stage from Ta shkûrghetn. No habitation.
.Tilghar, 3 tash. Easy road amongst hills. Desert. No fuel or forage.
Ghajakbety,t 4 tash. The same.
Rang or Zastol, 4 tash. Up a narrow gorge and over a glacier to
Rangal, 3 tash. Down a defile along a torrent. Road rough. Hills bare.
Talictety, 4 tash. The same as last stage.
Lûpgal, 5 tash. Continue down the valley. Mountains high and bare.
Udmurkish, 4 task. Desert country amongst hills.
Misgar.
Sets. These are all the names of camp grounds. Each a day's journey from
Khybar. the other in vallies amongst hills. Streams from all sides, and
Passû. , scanty brushwood. Country very difficult and bare. Under snow
Garnit. for half the year.
Syetbetn.
Muhammadetbetd. First village from Tetshkurghân. Fields and orchards on river bank.
Kanjtid, 3 tash. 1,000 houses and fort. Capital of Hanza on a large river. Fields and fruit trees in terraces on hill slopes.

ROUTE XXXI.

SARHADD, No. 14 OF ROUTE VIII, WAKHÉ&N, TO KANJIJD (DR. BELLEW).

Shetwar. In a glen. Fuel, water, and grass.
Langan$ On border of Pamir Khurd. Grass, fuel, and water.
Khaldarchit. In a glen of the Pamir hills. Ditto. No trees.
Lnptûk. A deep narrow defile in the mountains. Grass and water.
Irshâ.l. Over a high mountain and a glacier down to
Astetn. A long march down a defile along a river which flows all the way to Kanjtid.
Ispinj. A short march down course of the same river which is unfordable and only crossed on the ice in winter.
Reshit. Short march down the river.
Kirmin. Ditto.
Gircha or Goorki. Twenty scattered houses and terraced fields.
Khybar. 6 houses, Ditto.
Passû or Basoo. _20 houses, Ditto.

* Closed for several months in the year. t Probably Kila Ujadbai.-H. T.

T. Station 13 of Route VIII.-H. T.

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