250 An account of Upper and Lower Suwdt. [No. 3, 



There are more mills in this part of the valley than in any other 

 part of Suwat. Great quantities of honey are produced here also. 

 The Suwatis make dwellings or hives for their bees, and take great 

 care of them. The hives are thus made. They place a large earthen 

 pot in a tdJe or niche in the wall of the house, with the bottom of the 

 pot towards the outside part of the wall, and the mouth level with 

 the interior part of the wall of the house. They then plaster all around 

 with mud, so that the pot may not fall out of the niche. The mouth 

 is then closed with mud, that the bees may enter from the hole made 

 for them in the bottom of the pot, which is turned outside. When 

 the pot is well stored with honey, the bees having taken up their 

 residence in it, the mouth of the pot, which has been closed with 

 mud is re-opened from the interior of the house, and a piece of burn- 

 ing cow-dung, that smokes, is applied thereto. On this the bees go 

 out, and then the hand is inserted, and the honey removed ; but 

 some of the comb is allowed to remain for the bees. The mouth of 

 the pot is then closed up again. 



Scarfs called sTidlaka'i both white and black, are woven here in 

 great numbers, which are exported for sale to Peshawar and other 

 parts. This part of Suwat is also famous for its fruit, every de- 

 scription of which comes into season earlier in this vicinity than in 

 any other part of the valley. 



The complexion of the people of Upper Suwat is quite different to 

 that of the people lower down the valley ; and the men are generally 

 fair and good-looking. I also saw some females of Kashkar, and the 

 Kohistan, to the north of Suwat, at this village, who were very 

 handsome indeed. The women of the villages, along the river, in 

 this part of Suwat, go out every morning to bathe, during the sum- 

 mer months ; and numerous bathing machines have been built for 

 their convenience. These consist of four walls of mud, or mud and 

 stone, and of sufficient height to conceal the bathers. The men, 

 also, use them ; but they are intended for the exclusive use of females 

 in the mornings. These places are called cliar cliolaey. 



The villages in this portion of Suwat are much smaller and more 

 scattered than in the central parts of the valley ; and the people of 

 each village are generally at feud with each other ; and, consequently, 

 little or no intercourse takes place between them. 



I should mention in this place, that from Tarnmh to Chhar-basrh 



