256 An account of Tipper and Lower Suwat. [No. 3. 
several small bdnddaJis or hamlets of four or five houses by the way. 
The ground all along our routey which lay at the shirt of the moun¬ 
tains, was very irregular and hilly ; and the cultivation was very 
scanty. A rivulet runs through this village, which is shaded by a 
number of fine trees, under whose shade there are mosques, and 
Jiujralis (cells or closets they may be termed) for tdlibs or students, 
of whom many come here to study; and, altogether, it is a very 
picturesque and pleasant spot. At this place we were very much 
distressed and annoyed by the Malik or headman, and a Mulla or 
priest, both Suwatis. The Malik wished to take away my clothes 
and papers ; and the Mulla ordered me to show my papers to him. 
There is no doubt but, that, in case 1 had shown him my papers, 
and he had seen what was contained in them respecting Suwat, we 
should have been all three lost. By great good luck, however, 
some guests happened to arrive just at the time, and occupied the 
whole of our persecutors’ attention. This we took advantage of, to 
make ourselves scarce with all speed, and reached Darwesh Khel-i- 
Pa’in or the lower, some distance from the other village. Here we 
halted for some time to rest ourselves ; and I made inquiry about 
books and old coins, but without success. I found that the ShalakaH 
or woollen scarfs I before alluded to, both white, black, and flowered, 
are manufactured at these two villages, just mentioned. We pro¬ 
ceeded from thence to Banba Khelah, which faces another village 
called Khuzah Khelah, distant about a mile and half on the opposite 
bank. Most of the villages in Suwat can be seen from each other, 
save a very few, such as Khazanah, and Garraey, which lie to the 
west of the spur of Sue-gali; and Saiydugan, and Islampur, which 
are situated in the darah or valley bearing the latter name ; for, in 
the whole of the centre of Suwat, there is neither mound nor hill to 
obstruct the view. It is indeed, a most picturesque valley ; in the 
centre is the river branching out with the green fields swelling 
gently upwards, on both sides, until they melt, as it were, into the 
lower hills. Here I obtained two square copper coins, duplicates, 
but the impressions were distinct.* I was told on inquiry, that when 
the people go to the hills for grass, they search about for old coins, 
near the ruins they may pass, or sometimes they go purposely to 
search for them, and dispose of what they find to the Hindus. 
* Coins of Apolodotus. 
