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tribute, they had no occafion to opprcfs their fub- 

 jetls. As far as my inquiries could penetrate into the 

 hiftory of this country, but which, from there being 

 no records, mufl; be" liable to great inaccuracy, it ap- 

 peared that the Chohans were the aborigines of Corair ; 

 ond that a fpecies of government, very like the ancient 

 feudal fydems, had formerly fubfifted. 



Having proceeded about three miles beyond Mir- 

 zapour, we came to the village of Sorrah^ where we 

 found the villagers taking pofTefiion of their habita- 

 tions ; but on feeing us, they all fled ; nor would they 

 again return to their huts, until we had pafled by. 

 Between Sorrah and Munfook, where we encamped 

 this day, I obferved feveral narrow valleys that were cul- 

 tivated with rice. The inequality of the ground mak- 

 ing it a receptacle for the water that falls, the natives 

 throw little banks acrofs the valley, of ftrength pro- 

 portionate to the declivity of the furface, by which 

 contrivance they preferve a fufficient quantity of wa- 

 ter for the irrigation of their fields throughout the 

 whole year. 



The village of Munfook being defolate, it was for- 

 tunate that we had been fo provident as to carry grain. 

 Our guides, who had now accompanied us two days 

 journey, being impatient for their difcharge, we were 

 under the neceffity of prefTing a man who had come 

 into the village to fee what remained of his pillaged 

 habitation. He was naked, having nothing about him 

 but his bow and arrows, and appeared at firft a 

 good deal terrilicd; but on being fed, and treated 

 kindly, he foon becam.e pacified. As the evening ap- 

 proached, we heard a hallooing in the woods, and, 

 after liflening with attention, we found it was the 

 mountaineers inquiring for their loft companion, whonj 

 they were feeking widi much anxiety. We made him 

 anfwer them, that his perfon was fafe, and that he was 

 well treated; upon which they retired apparently 

 fiitisfied. 



F 4 Feb, 



