Afghan quest / Joyce Sunsheath & Eleanor Baillie.

“Great Explorations”—cover page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: The curtain rises—Preamble and Baltic approach—Georgia, an ancient kingdom—Persian interlude—Buses—Kabul : postponement, protocol, and parties—The Panjshir to Zenēh—Dasht-i-Revat, and onward—Approach to Mir Samir—Reconnaissance-and disappointment—New prospects open—“at the peril of your lives” : to the outpost—Hindu Kush at closest quarters—Near-murder among friends-but the Anjuman Pass at last—Farewell to Afghanistan—Trying to cut red tape in Rawalpindi—The Gilgit agency and Kashmir—Sundown—Afterthoughts.