'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1865 to December 1867. (Edited by the Honorary Secretary.) Volume XVIII.' [‎63] (198/268)

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ROUTE PROM GWADUB TO KURRACHEE. 63
Khan had collected some 2,000 hill Belooch, and was advancing on a
“ Chupao” into the Punjgoor districts. Supposing the information I
n0 w received to be true I should exactly cross Pursund Khan’s route
by adyancing on Punjgoor. As the state of affairs at Punjgoor itself
was said to be unsatisfactory, a feud existing between the two powerful
families there, I concluded that a visit would be under the circumstances
ill-timed, and that I should be without sufficient motive running the
risk of detention, and perhaps ill-treatment; I therefore abandoned my
intention of at present visiting Punjgoor, and resolved on pursuing
the Kolwa route. I made the latitude of this halting place 26° 18' and
that was the most northerly point I reached. Punjgoor is three
marches further north, and I should judge from the statements made by
the natives, about fifty miles distant from this spot; between is a tract
named Dusht, on which stands the fort of Shahbaz.
Kolwah.
From Balgetter striking a south-easterly course I arrived, at evening
on 25th September, at the river, here known as Kill Khor, the same
which lower down is called “Kej Khor” and “ Dusht Khor.” Here I
for the first time beheld it in the form of a fine clear flowing stream
which, up to this point in its course, it never fails to be. The source I
am informed is amongst hills not far east of Punjgoor ; its course is here
southerly through the hills. On the morning of the 26th September I
encamped on its banks 2 miles lower down. Thence having repassed
the range of hills, a march of 12 miles brought me to a small fort and
village of Puk in the district of Kolwah,
which here commences and extends about
60 miles east to Mushk ; no person of importance resides at Puk.
The district of Kolwah is the most fertile of Mekran, and is remark
able for the excellence of its barley and other grains, which are grown in
comparatively large quantities. It possesses no stream, and the land
is dependent for irrigation chiefly on the supply of rain, for the reten
tion of which dams are constructed. Oxen are numerous, and flocks of
sheep and goats are every where met with, the former the fat tailed
description, and very fine.
The principal tribes or families now inhabiting Kolwa are Mirwani,
Kowdaee, Nowsherwani, Ormerani (a branch of the Bezunjoo). In
former times a large division of the Bind tribe resided in it, but a feud
occurred between them and the Kowdaees, which ended in the total
ex pulsion of the Binds ; there are several forts and villages in the pro-