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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. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ...as that through which we had passed on the previous day; when the track became sandy and heavy. Some of the Baluchis who formed part of the escort amused themselves and us by galloping all over the plain, firing their guns and performing various equestrian feats. Regan (19 miles) appeared to be a village of some twenty or thirty houses, of which the inhabitants were very poor. The women did not wear veils, and dressed in long blue cotton gowns, seemingly their only garment. They were all singularly plain. The Naib Suliman Khan informed us that this village was dreadfully hot in summer, and much infested with scorpions. It is visibly and unmistakably dirty. Some ruins we had passed just before entering Regan.were the remains of the old village, deserted on account of the scorpions, by order of the late Wakil-ul-Mulk, who built the fort here, a large walled mud enclosure, with one or two dwelling-places inside its walls. The camp was pitched near a running stream a little way from the village, with plenty of low jungle in the rear. Our horses found shelter inside the fort. Game was reported very plentiful in this neighbourhood, but two of the Mission who went out shooting saw nothing but a single partridge. Most of the inhabitants seemed to be engaged in dyeing. There was abundance of good water. We halted at Regan on the 17th, in order to complete our preparations for crossing the Bampur desert, a nine days' journey, during which we could obtain nothing on the road either for men or horses. The wind on the previous night had risen to a perfect gale, blowing down two of our tents and trying severely the stability of the remainder. In the morning the storm had increased, and continued with great violence until close on sunset, when it...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150211737
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 202
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150211733
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jul 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 372 gr


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