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extremely bitter. A few families of the Chandiah aud Shahani 

 Bozdars dwell between these valleys and the Siah Koh, or Black 

 Range. The former live by plunder alone, but the latter have some 

 cattle, and they cultivate about a hundred acres of land, which is 

 irrigated from the streams rising in the mountains just mentioned. 



Next in rotation are the small villages of Dalanah, Zai, and Sab- 

 ku-ah, the only one of which containing a pass of any consequence 

 is the former, held by the Khosahs under Azim Khan, six hundred 

 of whom dwell close to the skirt of the hills, and about forty fami- 

 lies within the valley itself. They keep goats and buffaloes. There 

 are a few date trees in this valley which are considered great 

 rarities by the Behichis. From this madd, awl, or camp, within the 

 Darrah to the Black Range is about twenty-one miles, the whole of 

 which space is covered with lofty and rugged mountains over which 

 there are no roads, and which men on foot can, with difficulty, pene- 

 trate. There are a number of the Laghari tribe, who adjoin the 

 Khosahs on the south, settled near Dalanah village. Beyond the 

 Siah Koh parallel to these valleys are the Khetrans who occupy a 

 very large tract of country, and beyond these again the Afghans, 

 and further south the Murris. 



The most important Darrahs within the Khosah bounds have now 

 been mentioned, but the Khosahs likewise hold all the country at 

 the foot of the hills from the Ghuzi pass north to Dalanah south. 

 These lands depend entirely on the quantity of water of the mountain 

 streams, with that collected in the different ponds, and from the 

 occasional rains, for irrigation ; and in seasons of drought the 

 Khosahs are under 'the necessity of deserting them for other lands 

 nearer to Dera Ghazi Khan. Some of the tribe are graziers and 

 have numerous flocks. They are bounded north by the Lunds, 

 aud south and west by the Lagharis. Their chief villages are Yam 

 and Batil, besides several smaller hamlets. 



Laghaeis. 



The Laghari tribe dwell partly in the Derajat, from the village of 

 Choti Pa'in to the foot of the hills, and partly in the mountains. 

 Pheir chief villages are Widor, Sukhi-Surwar, Choti Bala, and 

 Choti Pa'in. They are powerful in point of numbers and can mus- 



