Birds of Kohat and Kurram. 



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local militia, who had beeu on leave to his villag:e, that we 

 had left Peiwar just iu time. Had we remained anotiier 

 night, we were, like the Babes in the Wood, to have beeu 

 foully murdered. All arrangements had been made, assassins 

 hired, and our pleasant little camp was to have been converted 

 into a shambles ! This was a most amusing yarn which 

 tickled us immensely ! Gladly would we have accepted 

 these small risks if only we had been allowed to continue 

 our expedition. 



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Zeran Nullah, Safed Kob, fioui SOOO ft. alt. 



A glance at the accompanying map (Plate III.) will give 

 a good idea of the geography of this portion of the N.W. 

 P'rontier of India. Situated between the 32nd and 35th 

 parallels of latitude and the 69th and 72nd meridians of 

 longitude it is in shape somewhat like a pipe, the District 

 of Kohat forming the bowl and the Kurram Valley the stem 

 and mouthpiece. Its northern boundary, proceeding from 

 east to west, consists of the bare and rocky hills lying 

 between it and the Peshawar Dislrictj the Samana Range 



