1843.] of the Panjab and Afghanistan. 577 



Rajah Gulab Singh, besides the farm of the salt mines, farms the 

 Rajah's Farm, following ferries and districts, for 10 lakhs of rupees. 

 Ferries — Bawal, Hareea, Bed, Bhera, Khushab, Saeewal, Dhannee, 

 Ahmadabad, Jalalpoor, Meeanee, Makhad. 



The districts are — Jalab, Bhera, Chakar, Bher, Yar, Saeewal, Dhan- 

 nee, Path war, Gandapoorwal, Dalwal. 



The village of Dalwal is situated on an eminence ; and is the Jagire 

 of Mishar Beleeram. It contains six hundred houses 

 and ten shops. It was formerly included in the 

 district of Janjooa. The Mishar has built here a fine-upper storied 

 house for his own accommodation. There are eight wells for culti- 

 vation. In the road is the village of Badshapoor, the former chief of 

 which place was Sher Khan. 



The village of Sardee is situated on an eminence, and contains one 



hundred houses, under a chief, Abdulla Khan, by 



tribe an Awan. To the east is the fort of Dharee, 



built by Sardar Haree Singh, and used as a state prison. It is built 



on an eminence, and is very difficult of approach. Mahmood Khan 



Hazarah Wala died a prisoner in this fort, from 

 State Prisoner. . . . . p . _ _ , 



starvation : his sole food for twenty-four hours, 



being half pao flour, and the same quantity of salt. From Pind Dadan 



Khan to Sardee is about forty-five kos. 



I passed one month in visiting these mines, and spent a good deal 



of money in trinkets, distributed to the head men of the 



different places. I also practised with success, in my 



profession of Hakeem ; sometimes giving medicines, sometimes charms. 



The village of Kahar is situated in the plain, and contains three 



hundred houses, and four shops ; also four water 

 Kahar. ... _ _ _ 



mills, a fine stream, numerous trees, and the shrine 



of Shekh Buzurg. I have not seen a prettier place in the whole of 

 Patwar, than this. There is a tank at the shrine, in and round 

 which are to be seen numerous ducks and peacocks. The head man 

 is Fatteh Khan, an Awan by tribe. The distance from Sardee to Kahar 

 is four kos. 



29th Shaban. — Proceeded six kos to Bherpoor, a place containing 

 three hundred houses and no shops. The cultivation de- 

 pends on the rain. The head men are Moghal and Samad, 



