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on a gallows, and a fire had evidently been lit underneath, from the 

 dreadful manner in which they were scorched. 



9th Jamadee-ussanee. — Proceeded to Attock five kos through the 

 Gidar galee (jackall defile) and across the river Indus ; saw the body 

 of a Khatak, suspended over the gate of the town of Khyrabad, which 



Another act of ty- * s °PP 0S * te to tnat of Attock, and on the right bank, in 



ranny. company with a dog, and scorched like the body at 



Nosherah. He had been killed by a Sikh on some false pretence. I 



also witnessed the wreck of two boats when crossing 

 Wreck on the Indus. , . , , . , . , 



the river: they contained a wedding party, who were 



conveying a bride to her husband ; four men of the crew alone escaped. 

 I remained four days at Attock. 



13th Jamadee-ussanee. — Reached Haidaro (Hazro,) a distance of 



eight kos, passing at three kos the village of 



Daman, and at three and a half kos, that of Furmul- 



liyan. There is a noted robber in these parts, by name Sher Zaman, 



who lives in the Gungar hills. He is in rebellion 



against the Sikhs, and one of their most deadly 



enemies. He seldom plunders a caffila unless he finds a Sikh in it, 



a single soul of which caste he never spares. 



15th Jamadee-ussanee. — Proceeded four kos to Burhan, crossing the 

 Haro river. 



16th Jamadee-ussanee. — Travelled three kos to Phattargad, a de- 

 pendency of Hasan Abdal. There are one hundred 

 houses on the mound, and fifty below. There are two 

 Hindoo shops. The inhabitants have large herds and flocks, and are 

 of the tribe of Gujar. Their supply of water is half kos distant, where 

 there is a water mill, and forty or fifty trees. The head of the village, 

 Malik Raheemdad. In the evening I was prevented from sleeping 

 in the mosque, and had to content myself with the roof of the mill. 



I could only account for this inhospitality by sup- 



Inhospitality. . . . _ 



posing, that my wearing my mustachios untnmmed, 



betrayed me as a Sheeah. To the west is the district of Futteh Jung. 



J 7th Jamadee-ussanee. — Reached Pindi Nousheree, a distance of 



seven kos over a bad road, intercepted by ravines. 



There are 150 houses. The inhabitants are chiefly 

 weavers of coarse cotton and woollen cloths. Their cultivation de- 



