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which the Ttafila route winds into another large valley 

 occupied by the Baizai and Khwaizai. The route 

 continues westwards up this valley to another water- 

 shed a high plateau broken by low hillocks, among 

 which" lie detached slices of cultivation, and many 

 villages and towers of the Baizai. This plateau 

 forms the connecting-link between the Ilazai peak 

 and the hills hemming in the Cabul river. The 

 water from its western slopes drains into another 

 large water - course, which empties itself into the 

 Cabul river near Goshtia. The eastern drainage falls 

 into the Swat river about ten miles up from Fort 

 Abazai. 



II. 



Succeeding the Afreedees westward is the large 

 tribe of Shinwarrees, occupying the western end of 

 the Khyber Pass, known as Loargai, where our new 

 cantonment of Lundi-kotal stands ; and the northern 

 slopes of the Safed-Koh facing the first twenty to 

 thirty miles of the Jellalabad valley. This valley is 

 entered as the traveller descends from Lundi-kotal 

 towards Dakka, but is a succession of low hills and 

 ravines, till, after passing that fort, and the very 

 small defile known as the Khurd (lesser) Khyber, he 

 emerges into a wide valley near the village of Hazar- 

 i-nao. Instantly the eye is struck by the grand pano- 

 rama around, especially during the winter months. 



