251 An account of Upper and Lower Suwat. [No. 3, 
Throughout the whole of this valley, from Sar-banddah to the 
boundary of Upper Suwat, there are immense numbers of trees, both 
along the river’s banks, and on the mountains on either side, to their 
very summits. The trees mentioned as having been seized hy the 
Suwatis, in a former paragraph, were felled in this valley, to he floated 
down to Peshawar. I saw one of the party who had gone to fetch 
them, and he informed me that trees, some of which were large 
pines, only cost, in felling, from three-pence to two shillings each. 
The wild animals of this upper portion of the valley of the Suwjit 
river are numerous ; consisting of tigers,* bears, and monkeys, in 
great numbers, particularly the latter; wild boars, gazelles, a large 
species of deer, wild bulls, hares, foxes, wolves, and jackals without 
number. The mountain sheep is also common, as well as the musk- 
deer, called ramusi by the Afghans and Kohistanfs. 
The flocks and herds consist of bullocks, cows, sheep, mules, and 
numbers of goats. There are also hogs, brorrahs , (a species of 
wood-louse), and fleas in swarms. Indeed it is said the fleas of this 
part are more numerous than those of Suwat, from which, Heaven 
defend us! 
The dress of the Kohistanfs consists of garments woven wholly 
from pashm, the peculiar wool or fur of these parts, with which 
several animals are provided. They do not wear shoes, but twist 
strips of the leather of cows or goats about the feet and legs as far 
as the knee, but the feet are protected hy sandals, the two great-toes 
being left bare. The women dress similarly to the men, with the 
exception of the covering for the legs. 
The people are very fair and comely; and the women, w r ho go 
about unveiled, are very handsome. 
The cultivation depends upon rain. They do not use the plough, 
but a kind of hoe or mattock, to turn up the land with, or otherwise 
make holes in the ground, into which the seed is inserted. Wheat 
and barley are hy no means plentiful; but yuan' (holcus sorgum) is. 
Fruit is more abundant in the Kohistan than in Suwat, but much 
of the same description. The winter is severe ; and snow falls in 
great quantities. 
The Suwatis import grain; and thread, needles, and coarse blue 
cotton cloths from Peshawar ; and salt from the Khattak country is 
imported into the Kohistan. 
* Leopards probably. 
