This view represents the encampment of the troops at the entrance of the Bolan Pass, about a mile from the town of Dadur, where they halted, by command of Lord Keane, on their march from Nowshera, a distance of twenty-six miles, over a road the most rugged and harassing. Two hundred camels were despatched from this spot by Captain Watt, with one thousand gallons of rum to Lord Keane (who had now assumed the command of the Army of the Indus) to enable him to march from Gundava. The mountains at Siriab, covered with snow, are seen in the extreme distance, and between huge sand-hills to the Bolan Pass, which is hidden by the immense mountain in the front. On the fore-ground is Khalik Dad, Belooch, Governor of Dadur, and his attendant, and some of the wearied camp-followers, preparing their scanty meal. As far as the eye can reach from the camp, desolation has marked this arid spot, and the progress to it was a most ardous one; water rarely met with, but in small quantities, and forageequally scarce. Major Reed, as appears by the latest news, had succeeded in reaching Dadur, having with him a valuable convoy of treasure, and 4,000 Camels, with which he is now preparing to ascend the terrific Pass of Bolan. Sketches in Afghanistan, Henry Graves & Co. and W.H. Allen & Co., London, 1842. Letterpress title printed in blue incorporating list of plates, tinted lithographic title, dedication leaf, 25 tinted plates by Louis and Charles Haghe. This is one of the earliest collections of views of Afghanistan. James Atkinson, the celebrated translator of Firdausi’s Shah Nameh and one of the first Europeans to explore Afghanistan, was on of the pioneers of oriental studies. The lithographers Louis and Charles Haghe were involved in a number of important publications in the 1840’s and 1850’s and are celebrated for the particular high quality of their work.