. A personal narrative of a visit to Ghuzni, Kabul and Afghanistan, and of a residence at the court of Dost Mohamed: with notices of Runjit Sing, Khiva, and the Russian expedition. robber, he might have beenbribed and flattered, by the honour of re- 60 THE TUKT-I-SULIMAN. ceiving a Feringi. It might have been in myy)ower to have asked a boon for him at thehands of Dost Mahomed Khan, or the Nawabof Dhera. But the inhabitants of these moun -tains, throughout their whole extent, ownlittle authority but those of their mullahs,who are supposed to decide with honour,even amongst thieves. The Tukt-i-
. A personal narrative of a visit to Ghuzni, Kabul and Afghanistan, and of a residence at the court of Dost Mohamed: with notices of Runjit Sing, Khiva, and the Russian expedition. robber, he might have beenbribed and flattered, by the honour of re- 60 THE TUKT-I-SULIMAN. ceiving a Feringi. It might have been in myy)ower to have asked a boon for him at thehands of Dost Mahomed Khan, or the Nawabof Dhera. But the inhabitants of these moun -tains, throughout their whole extent, ownlittle authority but those of their mullahs,who are supposed to decide with honour,even amongst thieves. The Tukt-i-Suliman,from the plains, appears to be a serratedridge, mural and perpendicular near thetop, shaped somewhat like a horse-shoe,with a circular end to the north. It risesmuch above any other mountains in Lohanis say it is higher than any hillbetween Derabund and Kabul. The lof-tiest part is to the north-west; and as itsinks a little on the north-east quarter, thedouble ridge is discernible from the latterplace. Derabund being about seven hun-dred feet above the level of the sea, as faras I can trust the measurement that I ven-tured to make from the plains, I should. in I -Iff a; ^ 5 HEIGHT OF THE MOUNTAIN. 61 estimate the height of the ridge to be aboutnine thousand feet more. Dark and finelypencilled lines were visible for about two-thirds of the height of the ridge. These,when seen through a glass, proved to berows of fir-trees, waving as they projectedor receded, with the ravines and banks onits side; a few only were growing on thesheltering crevices upon the summit, which,in the distance, appeared to be of a bare,light-coloured, grey rock. I was told, thaton the top, there was a holy stone or rock,the seat of a Mussulman Fakir, whose nameit bears ; but I venture to doubt the story. My inquiries for natural curiosities werenot wholly unsuccessful. Ameer Khan sentinto the mountains for some mineral liquor,which he told me was collected by dippingcotton into the place
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