250 An account of Upper and Lower /Suwdt. [No. 3, 
There are more mills in this part of the valley than in any other 
part of Suwat. Great quantities of honey are produced here also. 
The Suwatis make dwellings or hives for their bees, and take great 
care of them. The hives are thus made. They place a large earthen 
pot in a talc or niche in the wall of the house, with the bottom of the 
pot towards the outside part of the wall, and the mouth level with 
the interior part of the wall of the house. They then plaster all around 
with mud, so that the pot may not fall out of the niche. The mouth 
is then closed with mud, that the bees may enter from the hole made 
for them in the bottom of the pot, which is turned outside. When 
the pot is well stored with honey, the bees having taken up their 
residence in it, the mouth of the pot, which has been closed with 
mud is re-opened from the interior of the house, and a piece of burn¬ 
ing cow-dung, that smokes, is applied thereto. On this the bees go 
out, and then the hand is inserted, and the honey removed; but 
some of the comb is allowed to remain for the bees. The mouth of 
the pot is then closed up again. 
Scarfs called sh&laka'i both white and black, are woven here in 
great numbers, which are exported for sale to Peshawar and other 
parts. This part of Suwat is also famous for its fruit, every de¬ 
scription of which comes into season earlier in this vicinity than in 
any other part of the valley. 
The complexion of the people of Upper Suwat is quite different to 
that of the people lower down the valley ; and the men are generally 
fair and good-looking. I also saw some females of Kashkar, and the 
Kohistan, to the north of Suwat, at this village, who were very 
handsome indeed. The women of the villages, along the river, in 
this part of Suwat, go out every morning to bathe, during the sum¬ 
mer months ; and numerous bathing machines have been built for 
their convenience. These consist of four walls of mud, or mud and 
stone, and of sufficient height to conceal the bathers. The men, 
also, use them ; but they are intended for the exclusive use of females 
in the mornings. These places are called char cholaep. 
The villages in this portion of Suwat are much smaller and more 
scattered than in the central parts of the valley ; and the people of 
each village aie generally at feud with each other \ and, consequently, 
little or no intercourse takes place between them. 
I should mention in this place, that from Tarrwah to Chhar-bagh 
