On Wednesday, the 19th, I embarked with the Prince and a few attendants on a raft, and passing over the Níláb* in safety, landed on the bank of the Káma,* the river which flows under Jalálábád. These rafts are composed of bamboos and grass, and placed on inflated skins. Here they call them Jál,* and in rivers where there are many stones, they are safer than boats.* I gave 12,000 rupees to Mír Sharíf A'malí and the officers who were left on duty at Lahore, to be distributed to the poor; and orders were given to 'Abdu-r Razák M'amúrí and Bihárí Dás, paymaster of the Ahadís, to make arrangements for supplying with every necessary the party who had been left behind with Zafar Khán.

From that ground we moved, one march intervening, to my camp near Saráí Bára. On the opposite side of the river Káma there is a fort,* built by Zain Khán Koka, when he was ap­pointed to exterminate the Yúsufzáí Afgháns. It is called Naushahra, and nearly 50,000 rupees were expended in its con­struction. They report that His Majesty Humáyún hunted wolves in these parts, and I have heard my father say, that he had himself attended his father two or three times on these excursions.

On Tuesday, the 25th, I moved to Saráí Daulatábád. Ahmad Beg Kábulí, the jágírdár of Pesháwar, brought the Yúsufzáí and Ghoryá-khail chiefs with him to pay their respects. As I was not pleased with his services, I removed him from the government of that country, and bestowed it upon Sher Khán Afghán.

On Wednesday, the 26th, I arrived at the garden of Sardár Khán, near Pesháwar. Ghorkhatrí, a famous place of worship amongst the Jogís, is in this neighbourhood, and I went to see it in the possible chance of seeing some fakír, from whose society I might derive advantage; but such a man is as rare as the Philosopher's Stone or the 'Anká; and all that I saw was a small fraternity without any knowledge of God, the sight of whom filled my heart with nothing but regret.

On Thursday Jamrúd was our encamping ground.

On Friday we went through the Khaibar Pass, and encamped at 'Alí Masjid.** * *