1840.] Lieut, Irwin's Memoir of Afghanistan, 195 



without cultivation or much jungle. In the southern part 

 we find a great deal of thick thorny jungle growing on a good 

 soil. The villages are small. The chief carriage is by camels 

 and asses. Cows and sheep are the chief stock, and in some 

 places buffaloes exceed any other stock. 



Kuchhee of Moohummud Khan, 

 221. This tract has a great deal of seo land, and the 

 rubbee is by far the greatest crop. The villages are of 

 moderate size ; some tracts of good land are covered with grass 

 jungle, and some of the houses are thatched. Fodder and fuel 

 are plentiful. Great quantities of turnips are raised, and provi- 

 sions of most kinds are cheap. The chief carriage is by 

 camels, but the petty trade of the country is carried on asses. 

 The people drink from wells. 



Thun of Moohummud Khan, 

 222. In this tract are kept great numbers of sheep ; and 

 pasturage is fully as important as tillage. Where water is 

 moderately near, they raise barley and some wheat by means 

 of wells, but they have no chunna. The khureef crop is much 

 the greatest, and is perhaps all lulm, and comprehends scarcely 

 anything but bajra and moth. The villages are very small 

 and at great distances. The ground is chiefly covered with a 

 jungle of grass and thorny shrubs. The houses are thatched. 

 Grass proper for fodder is very scarce ; nor is there any timber, 

 but there is abundance of fuel from shrubs. Camels are the 

 only carriage. Some grain is imported from the Kuchhee. 



Dera Ghazee Khan. 

 223. This is an agricultural district ; towards the river are 

 some seo lands on which they cultivate rubbee, especially 

 wheat. On the upper grounds they raise the khureef which is 

 the greater crop, and is partly lulm, partly irrigated. Towards 

 hills the lands are all lulm, except where there are some insignifi- 

 cant streams or dams. The irrigation from jhulars is more com- 

 mon than from wells. Jooaree is the chief crop. The villages 

 are small, and there is a good deal of waste, both hill and plain ; 



