1 INTRODUCTION.
2 inflated, on which thcv rode astride, but with most of their bodies in
3 the water. This contrivance is also jnade use of in the Oxus, and
4 appeals to be as ancient as tlie days of Alexander* *
5 We crossed on the 20th, passed through the loil, and were wel-
6 comed to India by all the Atghauns of our party. We halteti for two
7 days at Attock, and were visited by the chiefs of the neiglibour-
8 hood.
9 The Governor of the provmise was a respectable Dooraimee^ with the
10 oomplexioii and dfeaa of Khonumun j but the people of the country,
11 whether fiiuofzyes or DoomuneeB, (&r many of that tribe have been
12 settled here lor seven gener>timi8») had a dress and ^pearance . re*
13 sembUog tfaotfe of Ihdianib One man strode me pertbularlyf who
14 belonged to the Kantir8» so Indian tribe, who inhabit the ahnoat in-
15 aoeesaible hUls to the south eeat of Attock. He was vei^y blade, with
16 a.kmg beard ; and had the shy look of a savage, without any appear-
17 jsnce of ferocity : he had dirty clothes, with a small turban, strangely
18 put on, and clutched his beard as he sat, like the picture of Judas
19 Iscariot in Lavater.
20 The heat, during the last night of our stay at Attock, was extreme.
21 A strong hot wind blew all nif?ht over the low hills to the sotitli of
22 our camp ; and the thermometer was at 96 ' between three and ibur
23 in the moriiuig.
24 From Attock, the mission made three marches to Huhsiui Ab-
25 daul. The first was over the plain of Chuch, which was en-
26 tirely covered with wheat, and nearly flat, except for a hillock here
27 and there, on- iduch was dways a viBage. other two were
28 through a oountiy, whidi rose into high waves, wkh deep nmnes in
29 the hollows. It was generally dry, and unicultivBteiL 'Hie ooantzy
30 began to resemble Hindoostan, dthon^ a willow was still now and
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