1880.] li. C. TcmiAe—Boute of the Tal ClwtiuU Field Force. 1G9 



tion of the river name, whence perhaps also Zuizha Tangai (?) the Kip- 

 pling Pass. 



13. Mt. Kand may derive its name from Kaitd a chasm or Kandai 

 broken ground. 



14. Mt. PiL from its fancied resemhlance to an elephant, Pil or Fil. 



15. Shaban Ka'ee'z and Shabak" occurring two or three times and 

 once as She'rin, are probably for Suiri'n, sweet. 



IG. SuR or SuBAl is red and is met with in several words. Surai 

 also means a passage and the so-called Surana'ri Pass (the Subai Pass of niy 

 maps) is for Subai Narai, the Slender Passage. Cf . also La'ndai Subai (?) 

 the Lower Passage. Mo'iMAND Saea'i (?) tlie Momand's Passage. 



17. The word Ghbabg, as in Oghbabg, Ikhbarg, Ihgbabg and in 

 the plural forms Ghobabgai and Oghbargai, occurs several times. It 

 means the flat land between two hills, and upland valley : also double, two, 

 twins. In which latter sense it is probably used when applied to hills. 

 And hence also Naraighbabg Hills may mean the Narrow Valley Hills. 



18. Ro'd means merely a river : Ko'dba'b, a valley stream. 



19. KsHAi means in, between, etc. and Ksuo'i Kabez might mean 

 the Middle Karez. 



20. KiiWARA is probably for Khwara, a sandy stream-bed, as 

 several such beds debouehe into the Snoa valley at the spots so named. 



21. Sagae, Seaghab, Saeghae, Suegiiar all common names mean 

 the lied Hills (Sue + Guar). So the Sagabbahd Pass would be the lied 

 Hills Pass. 



22. SuEKAi Zangal is the Eed Forest. 



23. Daegai, a very common name, is the plural of Daega, a copse, a 

 place where trees and brush-wood grow together. Daega also means a 

 shrine and this may account for its application to villages. 



24. GuRKiiAi is applied to a mountain stream and its defile and may 

 mean rattling, noisy, as Garkai is the rolling of a carriage and Gaekanda 

 a rolling stone from a mountain, 



25. Zawar or Ziiawab (Zawar) is a slope, declivity. Lwar Zwar is 

 uneven ground. Zhawar also means a deep or hollow place. 



20. UsH or Ukh is the camel. The Ush Pass means the Camel's 

 Pass, and the Ukkmughdai Pass the Camel's Mouth Pass. (Uku + Makh). 



27. UzuDo, the name of a peak, is apparently the plural of Uzild, 

 U'zHD and U'kd, long, lengtliy, stretched out. 



28. Tsa'ru Peak = ? the Look-out Peak. 



29. The Mo'sAX Pass may derive its name from Mo'sai, a child's 

 marble, a round stone, or from Mo'zi', troublesome. 



30. KiVCiE is the -cultivation by a stream-bed and is seen not only by 

 itself as a name for a stream, a village and a hill, but constantly in compo- 



