The Kojak Pass is situated in the Khjeh Amraun range of mountains. At the foot of the hills on each side leading up to the Pass are regular rows of trees, giving an idea that in former times some care had been bestowed in embellishing the ground. At Parush appeared stupendous masses of perpendicular rocks, but affording two narrow paths, although only a few yards wide, that to the left was the usual Kafila route, while that on the right, although rarely trodden, had been cleared and made practicable by the Engineers for the passage of the British troops and artillery. While reconnoitring in this defile, Brigadier Arnold and his aide-de-camp were fired uponfrom the heights by a Pesh-Khidmut under Ibar Khan, in the service of the Candahar Sirdars. By the latest accounts received, it appears that pursuant to General Nott’s orders, Brigadier England, with 2,500 men, left Kwettah for Candahar, a portion of the force at the latter place having been detached so as to meet Brigadier England, and aid him in getting the convoy through this pass. 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.