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jarebs abee. The drinking water is from a stream issuing from the 

 hills to the north. They are independent. 



One and a half kos further to the west is the village of Bazar, con- 

 taining 700 houses, under Mansoor khan. Cultivation 2000 jarebs 

 lalmee, and 300 jarebs abee. Drinking water from the stream. 



Further on to the west off the road are the villages of Palee, Chee- 

 nah, Suroch and Landai, each containing 300 houses, under Sahab 

 Shah Nujan. The cultivation of each, 1000 jarebs lalmee and abee. 



Two kos further on is the village of Alee, containing 700 houses, 

 under Mansoor khan. Cultivation 1000 jarebs lalmee, and 100 abee. 

 Independent. 



Further on four kos to the north-east, through a jungle over a wind- 

 ing road, two villages are reached, one called Peetawai, the other 

 Syarai, under Malik Gujar. They each contain seventy houses. The 

 hill which is here called Mabandarai, is the boundary of Sudoom and 

 Bunher. The Khatak, Eesafzai, Samah and Peshawar merchants go 

 by this Pass to Bunher. It is difficult for laden yaboos, bullocks, and 

 asses. The ascent is four kos, and the descent two. 



From the village the road leads to the north, winding up the hill 

 which is very thickly wooded, the interwoven branches sometimes 

 stopping the road ; it is not of course a road for guns or even camels, a 

 horseman being often obliged to dismount and lead his horse. Trees 

 of different kinds, among them the Archahand Jalghoza, (fir and pine) 

 are to be met with on these hills. The descent into Bunher from the 

 top of the Malandasai Pass, is through a ravine. In this part of the 

 country Mullahs and students (yalibilms), are much respected. There 

 is no water in the Pass, or on the hills. In winter snow falls on the 

 Pass, but does not lay on the ground. 



One and a half kos from the Pass is the village of Zangee banda, in 

 Bunher, in which there is no water. The inhabitants bring their 

 water in pitchers from a spring at the foot of the hills to the north, one 

 and a half kos distant. Cultivation 400 jarebs lalmee, and no abee. 

 There are 130 houses, under Malik Kadazai. 



On the road after descending the Pass, there is a shrine, or Mazar, 

 of one Shekh Sher Kookho Baba, and a grave-yard. A fakeer, with 

 his wife, officiates at the shrine. Kaffilas take a rest here. It is also 

 a stage or halting place. 



