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MOUNTAINS OF SOOLIMAN.
the servants ; and, last of all, a beautiful matchlock,
which had its value doubled by the manner in which
it was presented. " The Khan/' said the mes-
senger, " has killed many a deer with this gun ; and
" he begs you will accept it from him, and, when
" you use it, remember that Bhawul Khan is your
" friend."
In the evening we had a parting interview with
Bhawul Khan. I gave him a handsome percus-
sion gun ; and assured him, what I felt most sin-
cerely, that we should long remember his kindness
and hospitality. He embraced us on our leaving
him; and entreated us to write to him and com-
mand his services. The courtiers and people were
as polite as their chief.
We left Ooch on the following morning, and
pitched our camp at the junction of the Chenab
with the Garra, or united streams of the Beas and
Sutlege.
The country about Ooch is flat and exceedingly
rich ; there are many signs of inundation between
the town and the river. The dust was most in-
tolerable ; but it always cleared up towards even-
ing, and we saw the sun set in splendour behind
the mountains of Sooliman across the Indus, eighty
miles distant. They did not appear high, and
were not distinguished by any remarkable peaks.
It is a little below the latitude of Ooch that they
assume a direction parallel to the Indus, which
they afterwards preserve. We lost sight of the
range on our voyage to Mooltan the day after leav-
ing Ooch.
MOUNTAINS OF SOOLIMAN.
the servants ; and, last of all, a beautiful matchlock,
which had its value doubled by the manner in which
it was presented. " The Khan/' said the mes-
senger, " has killed many a deer with this gun ; and
" he begs you will accept it from him, and, when
" you use it, remember that Bhawul Khan is your
" friend."
In the evening we had a parting interview with
Bhawul Khan. I gave him a handsome percus-
sion gun ; and assured him, what I felt most sin-
cerely, that we should long remember his kindness
and hospitality. He embraced us on our leaving
him; and entreated us to write to him and com-
mand his services. The courtiers and people were
as polite as their chief.
We left Ooch on the following morning, and
pitched our camp at the junction of the Chenab
with the Garra, or united streams of the Beas and
Sutlege.
The country about Ooch is flat and exceedingly
rich ; there are many signs of inundation between
the town and the river. The dust was most in-
tolerable ; but it always cleared up towards even-
ing, and we saw the sun set in splendour behind
the mountains of Sooliman across the Indus, eighty
miles distant. They did not appear high, and
were not distinguished by any remarkable peaks.
It is a little below the latitude of Ooch that they
assume a direction parallel to the Indus, which
they afterwards preserve. We lost sight of the
range on our voyage to Mooltan the day after leav-
ing Ooch.