ravine gradually becomes narrower, the bed is stony,
very winding, and narrow. Bold precipices of limestone cliffs ascend on
either side of Sir-i-Chushme; then a little below, very copious springs
issue from limestone. The temperature of the principal spring is 75
degrees; it contains abundance of fish--a loach and cyprinoid. Passed
some ruined fortifications on the right, leading down to water, evidently
_kafir_ works; then we enter a narrow but short gorge, occupied by the
stream; a few more turns and you come on Ali-Musjid. No change occurs in
the vegetation, bare rocks at the summit of which the Bar. stood at
26.72. Andropogons and Artemisiae are the chief plants.

In the gorge downwards, Acacia occurs in abundance, with Adhatoda, and
otherwise the shrubs of Lundyakhana occur in abundance, and Adiantum
about the spring.

After passing the fort, the rocks open out into a ravine, with low
undulated hills on every side, covered with the usual vegetation;
Astragalus one species.

At Lal-Ghurry Beg, one Khinjuck tree, Elaeagnus, occurred; and grass in
very small stacks, well pressed and covered with a thatch of bushes and a
layer of dirt.

There is excellent fishing in the stream. Loaches, Perilamps, and
especially an Oreinus? swarming at Sir-i-Chushme, and taking worms very
greedily.

No forests whatever visible in this direction; the arborescent vegetation
being confined to scattered and small trees.

_5th_.--We halted near Jumrood, after a march of ten miles and one
furlong. This place is situated at the mouth of the pass, within sight
of the Seikh camp at Jumrood. Marched down to the ghat, which is
generally speaking narrow and very strong, opening out here and there,
into easier parts extending down the stream all the way; this stream
loses itself suddenly, but after a little distance it is replaced by
another from the right, where ravines enter: here the pass is well
adapted for pillage, elsewhere the sides are so steep, that robbers could
not dispose of their plunder. At the mouth, the pass opens out into a
good breadth, with an even, small, shingly bottom. At Kuddun the Seikh
troops were drawn up to compliment the C. in C., one regiment met us
shortly before to protect the baggage. Maize cultivated. At the mouth,
the Khyber is more difficult than any other pass, except the Bolan:
perhaps it is much narrower than that, except just above Sir-i-Bolan.

No change in vegetation, one or two new plan