We dismounted, leaving, by the chalvadar's request, our animals to look after themselves.

The summit of the mountain is under two thousand feet.

We reached it at four o'clock, and saw, to our relief, our resting-place for the night only three or four hundred feet below us.
But it took nearly an hour to do even this short distance.

The passage of the Kotal Perizun with a large caravan must be terrible work.
[Illustration: THE CARAVANSERAI, MEYUN KOTAL] The caravanserai was crowded.

Two large caravans had arrived that morning, and a third was hourly expected from Bushire.