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are ; 1st, Thak, a distance of ten miles, where water is abundant, and 

 several Zaituu or wild olive and Kahor trees afford shelter ; 2nd, 

 to Nathal, about eleven miles ; water procurable, and a few trees ; 

 3rd, to Burbur, or Barbur distant twelve miles ; trees and water ; 

 4th, to Thari or Tthari, twelve miles ; trees and water as at last 

 halting-ground ; 5th, to Marii or Muni, twelve miles ; water pro- 

 curable ; 6tb, to Patur (on the Ilassi river, of Walker's map) on 

 the banks of the Suri river, a distance of thirteen miles, water and 

 trees ; 7th, Kala Pani, eleven miles ; trees and good water ; 8th, 

 to Kahun a distance of thirteen miles. 



Tour miles to the south of the Darrah just described, is that of 

 Jiari, which contains a few trees. Water is also procurable in 

 small quantities. It is exceedingly sandy and mountainous, and 

 is uninhabited. The road through it joins the Kahun route, and 

 is steep and difficult in many places. 



The next and last Darrah in the Dera Ghazi Khan district is 

 that of Suri, so called from the river of this name which rises in the 

 Dubb hills, a little to the west of Mount Gendari, and is about 

 twenty miles from Kot Islam Khan, the principal village of the 

 Bughtis, which is situated at the foot of the hills. There is a 

 spring of pure water in the valley, and several jdl, si-ah, and mu- 

 ghel trees. Towards the east it is uninhabited, but further up the 

 valley there are a few small awls or hamlets belonging to the 

 Bughti tribe. The road winds along the banks of the river, and 

 sometimes through its bed, but like all similar routes it is tedious 

 and steep in many places. It is quite practicable for camels and 

 horses, but not for wheeled carriages, though on the whole it is 

 the best road south of the pass of Sukhi Surwar. The village of 

 Shahwali containing about six hundred inhabitants of the Mazari 

 tribe, is nine miles from the entrance of this valley in the direction 

 of the Indus. 



Mukris. 



The Murri tribe holds the mountainous country commencing from 

 a few miles to the west of the Surukh Koh or Eed Eange, which 

 with its Darrahs from Fujru south, have, with the exception of 

 those of Zangi and Siiri, been mentioned as generally very sandy, 



