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BHAROWL AND LOONGURZE. 



part of the furniture worth noticing consists of an inverted conical 

 basket, made out of the stems of some large grass, coated with mud, 

 and truncated at the top, used to keep grain in. The under, or 

 ground floor appears to be used for the domestic animals which are 

 cows, goats, fowls, etc. The inhabitants of Bharowl, Bhawiolis, are 

 a kafir race with a Mussulman cast of countenance, but fair, of an 

 unhealthy look, with in many cases light hair, and generally light 

 eyes, they are a rather large tribe, and appear to have but few wants, 

 are very poor, and very dirty ; the better part of the men are clothed 

 in Cashgar, chargas, and ordinary cotton under-garments ; the women 

 dress in blue. Both villages are on the limit of inferior snow at 

 this season.; there is enough of cultivation about to supply their 

 wants, chiefly wheat and barley, and a sort of pea. Loongurze is 

 infested with a villainous midge, of the same genus as that of the 

 Naga Hills, but few are to be found at Bharowl. 



At Loongurze I met a Khungurlye slave, of the caste Krungurlye, 

 the head- quarters of which are at a mountain village, about eight 

 cos off, in a north-west direction. The chief of Koorungul is 

 Ahmed Khan, he is independent : his village having 400 men, well 

 armed. 



The man wore a goat skin jacket without sleeves, a skull cap of 

 camel hair netted, and leggings to the ancle of the same, to keep 

 off the midges ; these leggings are likewise used at Bharowl for the 

 same purpose. The following is a specimen of the Krungurlye 

 dialect. 



Baba, Father. Wurrik, Water. 



Aiee, Mother. Soourr, Hog. 



Lohideck, Brother. Kookoor, Fowl. 



Trizzai, Sister. Ow, Bread. 



Khleck, Woman. Trull, Jungul. 



Gillor, Horse. Psan-sa, Cat. 



The Krungurlies are said to have been kafir s, converted long ago. 

 They are now quite Mussulman in appearance. They were doubtless 

 originally a mixture of European and Tartar races driven by persecu- 

 tion to the hills, to which they are still perhaps restricted by the 

 cause which led to their original isolation. 



I tried to ascend the ridge, but the snow was impracticable even 

 within 700 feet of the village. The Nakhtur, or Pinus, which is the 

 prevailing feature above Bharowl, is the same as the Tazeen one, and 

 is a Cedrus or Abils, leaves very short, cones erect and elegant, but 



