We can read, though we aren??™t very
educated.???
I uncased the big thirty-two-miles-to-the-inch
map of India, and two smaller Frontier
maps, hauled down volume INF-KAN of
the Encyclop?¦dia Britannica, and the men
consulted them.
???See here!??? said Dravot, his thumb on
the map. ???Up to Jagdallak, Peachey and
me know the road. We was there with
Roberts??™s Army. We??™ll have to turn off to
the right at Jagdallak through Laghmann
territory. Then we get among the hills??”
fourteen thousand feet??”fifteen thousand??”
it will be cold work there, but it don??™t look
very far on the map.???
I handed him Wood on the Sources of
the Oxus. Carnehan was deep in the Encyclop?¦dia.
???They??™re a mixed lot,??? said Dravot, reflectively;
???and it won??™t help us to know
the names of their tribes. The more tribes
the more they??™ll fight, and the better for us.
From Jagdallak to Ashang. H??™mm!???
???But all the information about the country
is as sketchy and inaccurate as can be,???
I protested. ???No one knows anything
about it really. Here??™s the file of the
United Services??™ Institute. Read what Bellew
says.???
???Blow Bellew!??? said Carnehan. ???Dan,
they??™re an all-fired lot of heathens, but this
book here says they think they??™re related to
us English.???
I smoked while the men pored over
Raverty, Wood, the maps and the Encyclop?¦dia.
???There is no use your waiting,??? said
Dravot, politely.
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