200 Account of the Lower Derajat. [No. 3. 



Kattar Pahar, the boundary of the Gurchani country, 15 miles ; 

 water good. The next six stages lead through the Mum country, 

 after which the territory of the Khan of Khelat is entered. 



Dkishaks. 



The tribe next to the Gurchanis to the south, are the Drishaks, 

 who are very peaceably inclined, but much bullied by the Gurchanis. 

 They are pretty powerful in point of numbers, and can muster 

 2,000 adult males, or even more. The chief is named Bakshan 

 Khan who receives some Kusur fees, and their chief village is Asuni, 

 at which a strong detachment of the Punjab Irregular Force is 

 stationed, consisting of half a Light Field Battery of three guns j 

 a Kegiment of Cavalry ; and a wing of an Infantry Corps. The 

 other larger villages are Bagh, Eajunpiir, and Fazilpur. The Dri- 

 shaks are bounded on the west by the Bughtis and Gurchanis in the 

 hills, and on the south by the Mazaiis in the Derajat. 



As we proceed further south the dreariness of this inhos- 

 pitable region increases, and the country for many miles, both in 

 the Derajat and in the hills, is a howling wilderness. The first 

 Darrah or valley south of Chachur, the most southern in the Gur- 

 chani country, is that of Fujni, through which a road leads into 

 the great route to Afghanistan by Tall and Chotiali. The valley 

 is quite sandy, but on the southern side the dreariness is somewhat 

 relieved by a few trees. From this to the Gurchauf country, a 

 distance of about thirty miles, the whole space is without inhabi- 

 tants and without cultivation. 



Four miles and a half south of the preceding is the valley of 

 Baghari with a pass, which also leads into the great route to the 

 Afghan country by Tall and Chotiali. Like the preceding it is 

 sandy and unfit for cultivation. It has a few trees, but is uninha- 

 bited. From the skirt of these hills towards the east, the nearest 

 inhabited spot within the British territory is the village of Futtih- 

 piir distant six miles, where a few of the Drig tribe are located. 



The valley of Jehazigi or Jehazki is six miles further to the south. 

 A road winds through it leading into the great road from Harrand 

 but it is difficult and very heavy in many places from the sandy 

 nature of the soil. It is uninhabited, and there are no signs of 



