276 An account of Upper and Lower Suwdt. [No. 3, 
covered with forests, which may be seen from the lower part of the 
valley every here and there, overtopping the lower hills. These 
forests chiefly consist of the jalgliozah or pine, and the zaitun or 
wild olive. The cliindr or plane flourishes also. The trees are, 
generally, of large growth, and hear marks of great antiquity. In 
fact there are planes on the banks of the main river and its tributa¬ 
ries, about the mosques, in the fields, and in the villages, indeed, in 
all directions, save the lower part of the valley where they are few. 
The husbandman’s home, from morning until night, when working 
in the fields, is the plane tree, under which, in the cool shade, he 
rests himself, and where his family bring him his food. The other 
trees I noticed are the willow, the bakdyarrn (melia sempervirens,) 
and the palma cliristi. The great subject of regret there is, that 
Suwat has no flowers.* 
I have mentioned the names of nearly all the different trees ; but 
in a country where the grave-yards are not allowed to remain undis¬ 
turbed, it is not likely that there would be much in the shape of 
thickets, brakes, or weeds or brambles left. 
The principal fruits consist of grapes, green, and not very sweet; 
figs, dark in colour and small in size; apples, of large size and fine 
flavour and colour; the tdngu , a fruit in shape like an apple, but in 
flavour like a pear ; the mamusa’i, a species of pear, a winter fruit; 
the amluk (a species of Diospyros) also a winter fruit, but not pro¬ 
duced in any quantity; the ddanbarah , another winter fruit; the 
jalgliozah or chalghozah or pine nut, in immense quantities ; the sanjit , 
or makh-rurma?l (in Pushto signifying, shining-face, honest,) a spe¬ 
cies of Eleagnis, but growing generally near burying-grounds along 
with the wild olive ; peaches in great quantities ; mulberries ; and 
pomegranates. 
The people of the more open parts of the valley are not well off 
for fuel, hence the dry dung of cows is used instead ; but where the 
hills are near, and in their small lateral valleys, fuel is plentiful enough. 
The pine is chiefly used for this purpose; and pine-slip torches are 
generally used in place of lamps or candles ; but shop-keepers, and 
students, who have to read at night, burn oil. I was rather surprised 
* Khushhal Khan in his poem on Suwut says different; a part of it will be 
found at the end of this article. 
