1857.] Account of the Lower Deraj at. 191 



the Lunds in the Denijat and by the Hiidiani Lagharis in the hills. 

 They are ou friendly terms with the Liiui Afghans and the Khasrani 

 Beluchis, who bound them to the north-east and west, but they are 

 at enmity with Mir Hadji and his Khetrans who bound them to the 

 south-west. The Jaafir Afghans, a small community of about 1,500 

 souls, whose chief village is Ddlagh, adjoin them on the north. 

 They are chiefly agriculturists, though some are traders, and their 

 lands are extensive, well- watered and produce considerable quan- 

 tities of wheat and other grain. 



Lunds. 



The Lund tribe like the Mutkanis are wholly in the plains, and 

 adjoin them to the south. They cultivate the lands from near the 

 foot of the hills at the Surf pass to round about Pir Amdani, their 

 principal town, Kot Kundah, Shadun, Ramun, Gtiinan, Kala, etc. 

 The lands towards the river Indus are generally held by either 

 Hindus, Suyeds or Jatts. Those belonging to the Lunds depend 

 wholly on rain and the water of their ponds for irrigation, but they 

 always manage some how or other to keep their lands in cultivation. 



Erom the Siiri pass to near the Black Eange, a distance of eighteen 

 or twenty miles, there is no land fit for agricultural purposes, and it 

 is therefore generally uninhabited. The Jelalani Bozdars dwell 

 about the high range on the western slope to the amount of about 

 three hundred families. They follow agriculture, and dwell in small 

 walled villages called Kotlahs. The cultivation is scanty and de- 

 pends on rain to bring the crops to perfection. A portion of the 

 Liini Afghans occupy two walled villages in Kotlahs a short dis- 

 tance to the west of the Bozdars. 



Inside the Suri pass there is a lake said to be four or five miles 

 in extent, containing hot water that is constantly running or in 

 motion, and the peculiar phenomenon respecting which is, that the 

 mineral water rises in waves or eddies which again almost imme- 

 diately disappear. The pass belongs to the Lunds, and the valley 

 appears to be uninhabited. 



The chief of the Lunds is Fazal Ali Khan ; and the tribe, which 

 is quiet and easily managed, can muster about 1500 adult males. 

 They have the Mutkani tribe on the north, the Bozdars and 



