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Bhir&nfs in their dress and customs, with tbe exception of being 

 exempt from the rapacious habits for which the latter are so notori- 

 ous. West of the Z'murris again are the Kakarrs, a numerous and 

 powerful, yet simple and inoffensive tribe, the branch of which 

 nearest the Z'murris is known by the name of Esotts. They 

 occupy a tract of country forming a square of about one hundred 

 miles in extent, and follow agriculture and grazing. The Shiranis 

 who dwell about the peak of Siiliman and bound the Kakarrs to the 

 north are a numerous tribe, and can muster at least 5,000 adult 

 males. They are about seven miles distant from the latter tribe. 



Khetrans. 



South of the Sturianis, and the most northern Beluch tribe of 

 the Sanghar district, are the Khetrans, a branch of those further 

 south, but at present quite distinct from them under a chief named 

 Muhammad Khan. They occupy the lands between the lower hills 

 and the Surakh range, and some lands in the plain at the foot of 

 the hills, and are quiet agriculturists. They have charge of the 

 three passes of Wah-wah, or Vahawab, Haja, and Litarrah, but 

 being weak in point of numbers, and not able to muster above 800 

 men, they cannot look after them properly, though it may be 

 better now that a strong post of the Punjab Irregulars has been 

 stationed at Wah-wah, which is their chief village and lies close to 

 the hills. The other villages are Kohur, Katiani, and Litarrah. A 

 liver called the Ganj, which takes its rise in the higher range, flows 

 through Wah-wah valley and town, and contaius water all the year 

 round, and consequently the lands are pretty well provided for as 

 regards means of irrigation. The pass is practicable for loaded 

 camels, and the road leads into that which proceeds to Kandahar 

 through the Sanghar pass further south. Between the skirt of the 

 lower range and that of Suliman, the country is very mountain- 

 ous, but patches of good land are to be met with here and there, 

 and which are generally cultivated. The Wah-wah valley is about 

 twenty-one miles from the banks of the Indus. 



The Khetrans also hold the Liria valley and pass, which is four 

 or five miles south of that of Wah-wah. It is so called after a small 

 stream which flows through it. A few of the Khasrani tribe, who 



