au, (as
it appears from the top of Kaloo,) this flat belongs to the Kohi-Baba
range; the offsets of the Hindoo-koosh to the east and north are
ordinarily shaped. All the hills on the north side of the valley
disintegrate on their south faces, forming cliffs of partial extent.

_13th_.--Proceeded to Akrobat, ascending the Bamean river, and then
diverging up a _kotul_ or acclivity of considerable height, but gradual
ascent. Then descending at once steeply to Akrobat, which is about 9,500
feet above the sea. Along the river, Rosa, Hippophae, and Salix occur,
the two former being abundant. Scarcely any change in vegetation occurs:
an Ephedra, very common up the _kotul_ and abundantly in fruit. The
hills are very barren, and nothing remarkable is observable about Syghan.
Apricot constitutes the only fruit tree. Salix, Populus, and Sinjit
occur.

All the valleys are narrow, and the hills very barren, the chief
vegetation being Salsolaceae. The vegetation of the valleys is the same
as that of Bamean; on the north of Akrobat two Statice occur, one with
spathulate leaves scapigerous, the other a tall straggling plant.

_22nd_.--Erak. The vegetation of Kurzar consists of Hypericum,
Salsolaceae, Carduacea, and Hyoscyamus spinosus, but Salsolaceae occur in
profusion and several species.

Hypericum enjoys to perfection, the faculty of condensing water on its
leaves, much more so than Salsolaceae; it presents an obvious affinity to
Rutaceae, capsula radiata 5-valvis, loculicida: valvis linea centrali
notatis, septis solutis imo apice exceptis. Seminibus basi locul.
affixis, apice villosis; the tobacco is different from the Nicot.
tobaccum, cor. virida tubo calyce, duplo longiore lamina brevi plicato:
apricots in sheltered places.

_24th_.--Kurzar. The Erak _kotul_ is thickly covered with Festuca
triticoides, two Carduaceae, Salvia, Artemisiae, and Statices on the
south side. On the north Statices, Onosma, and Carduaceae are most
common, and the vegetation is scantier. Ribes is common up the Erak
ravine; with it, Rosa and Symphorema are the chief shrubs. Ephedra
ceases about 10,000 feet. A snake found of general grey colour, with
black-brown marking.

_26th_.--Ascended Kohi-Baba from upper Kaloo, the ascent occupied about
five hours, the ridge was surmounted but no view of Baissoat was
obtained, except that the crest surmounted, as well as the still loftier
culminating one belong to ridges running 30 degrees north