1862.] An account of Upper and Lower SuwdL 2S1 



And the rascals' matchlocks are always in uproar on them. 



There are^ mountain goats, wild sheep, and tiny -footed deer ; 



But the matchlock men, alas ! drive them all away. 



Since there is so much country included in Suwat. 



It is more than the appanage of a single chief. 



The boundary of Chitral is quite close unto Suwat : 



Populated and prosperous are its hills and its dales. 



The road into Chitral lieth through its Kohistan :* 



A caravan can reach there in the space of five days. 



For three or four months this road is good and open ; 



But, afterwards, hath great dangers from snow and rain. 



This road however is not, by travellers, for traffic much used ; 



But trade is carried on by convoy, through the more level tracts. 



There is a road leading to Turkistan by Hindu-koh ; 



And another, that leads to Chitral and Badakhshan. 



Another road also that leads to Butan and Kashghar ; 



And one more, that goes to Morang, up hill and down dale. 



All these lie on the extreme bounds of Hindustan ; 



And there are other routes on the confines of Khurasan. 



The Yusufzis in numbers are beyond all compute ; 



But they are all asses and oxen nevertheless." 



On some future occasion, I propose giving a few extracts from the 

 history of the conquest of Suwat, out of the work written by Shaykh 

 Mali, and the book referred to at page 261. 



* The tract through which the river of Suwat flows, already described, at 

 page 253. 



ERRATUM. 



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