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gashes in various parts, and, excepting his little mill, not a 

 particle of grain or any of his goods and chattels remained. It 

 was only a short time previously, whilst a lady and gentle- 

 man were taking a ride in the vicinity of the station, an 

 Afredee fired on them ; the lady escaped, but her unfortunate 

 companion was cut down and killed. The entrance of the 

 Khyber Pass, of unpleasant memory, is distinctly visible, 

 more especially in clear winter days ; and also from the lines 

 may be observed the fortress-like village of Jamrood, on an 

 elevated ground, and covering the mouth of the pass ; west- 

 ward, rising one above another, are the magnificent Afghan 

 and Kaf&r mountains, including the Hindoo and Sufeid Koh ; 

 whUst northwards and east, in long ridges, with dark inter- 

 vening valleys, and running into the Peshawur plain, are the 

 abodes of the rebellious hill-tribes, who, were it not that they 

 quarrel a good deal among themselves, would in combination 

 make a formidable enemy. All these vast mountain-ranges 

 have been unexplored by the naturalist ; indeed, few Europeans 

 have ever managed to penetrate the great valleys northward 

 of Peshawur. Frequent inquiries made of natives who had 

 visited some of the higher and more secluded mountain- valleys 

 elicited scant information, and that altogether with reference 

 to the most common large quadrupeds. The markhore was 

 stated to be abundant in certain localities near the western 

 bank of the Indus, above Attock, and around the Khyber 

 Pass. Many of its horns, some almost exactly like cork- 

 screws in form, and upwards of 2h feet in length, were sent 

 me ; others, not nearly so much twisted, presented also a more 

 flattened appearance. A wild sheep, seemingly identical with 

 that met with on the Salt Mountains and around Attock, is 

 also common in these situations ; but, as far as I could learn, 

 not on the same ranges with the former. The tiger and 



