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proached me with great reverence, and requested that I would bless 

 them by clapping them on the back. The head man of Kamsar is Noor 

 Khan. The number of fighting men is eighty. They are at enmity with 

 the people of Dour. The place is surrounded by hills, and is itself situated 

 on an eminence. There are three Hindoo shops. On arriving I put 

 up at the mehman khanah, and introduced myself. They brought a 

 bed for me, on which I seated myself. They then asked me if I had 

 dined, I replied that I had now entered their country, (a hint that I 

 depended on their hospitality,) one of them immediately rose, and 

 brought some rice and butter milk. While I was dining, a Hindoo pre- 

 sented himself, and complained that he had a wife, who had presented 

 him with three children, but was dumb ; I suggested, that she must 



_ , ■• be possessed of a devil. He insisted on my accom- 



Dumb Woman. r J 



panying him home. This I did, saying that I would 



put a copper pice and a rupee into a vessel of water, and that one 



or the other would leap out ; if the former, he must distribute a fowl 



and some copper change in charity ; if the latter, a sheep. A vessel 



being produced, I proceeded, with the aid of my servant, to discolour the 



water, in order to conceal the contents which con- 

 Jugglery. 



sisted of a steel spring, confined by means of a piece 



of rock salt, on which I placed the rupee during my incantations. 



The salt of course in time melted, and the spring expanding, jerked 



the rupee out of the water. The sheep was accordingly given me to 



sacrifice, as well as the charmed rupee ; and in return, I gave the dumb 



lady a looking glass, in which she was punctually to look at herself, 



whenever threatened with a return of the dumb devil, which I assured 



them would either quit her after seven days, or seven weeks. 



3rd Zeekadah.. — Proceeded to the valley of Dour, which is embosomed 



_ in hills. The cultivation is carried on by running streams. 



Dour. J a 



There are about one hundred, or one hundred and fifty 



different forts and villages in the valley. Three of the forts are 



large, the residences of the Malik. They are Thattee, Ismailkhel, and 



Hyderkhel. 



The headman of Thattee is Mahommed Khan, by tribe a Khattak. 



There are six hundred houses, and sixty-five Hindoo shops. 



The number of fighting men is one thousand. They are 



at enmity with the Wazeerees. To the east are the Hasankhels, to 



