Gwarjak is built without any attempt at order or symmetry.

Many of the houses had toppled over till their roofs touched the ground, and the whole place presented an appearance of poverty and decay strangely at variance with the smiling plains of grain, rice, and tobacco around it.

Not a human being was visible, for our appearance was the signal for a general stampede indoors, but the dirty, narrow streets swarmed with huge, fierce dogs, who would have attacked us but for the heavy "nagaikas" [A] with which we were armed.

We were evidently cordially hated by both men and beasts! On return to camp I gave orders for a start at four the next morning.

There was no object to be gained by remaining, and the natives would have been only too glad of an excuse for open attack.
The remains of an ancient city, covering a very large area, are said to exist near Gwarjak, about a mile due south of it.