1 UPPER MOMUNDa
2 'Their iImw i«. iijiie that of Bajour, and in their CQStoms* with re-
3 •pact to women tfaey^do not differ nu>ch firom their neighbours. Thej
4 are a sober people, and have none of the vices of the Eusofi^Tetk
5 They live in small tillages of *from ten to sixteen terraced honieik
6 On the whole, they are probably less civilized than their joeig^boiirs,
7 and the strength of their own . cmrntry may ten^pt them to phmdov
8 OS it secures them impunity.
9 They are never reckon^ at less tlian ten thousand famihes, a
10 great number, considerinn; the nature of their country, but rendered
11 more reasonable by the circun^stance of their having no4idier sk^
12 jects or Jb akeerb.
13 The hills of Otnmunkhail turn to the westward wheu tliey ap«
14 proach the Caubul river, aiid stretch in that direction nearly to the
15 riv«: of Kauslikar, where they are joined by other brandies from the
16 southern projection of Hindoo Coosh. All tliis part of the hills be-
17 longs to tlie Upper ^lomunds, who also possess the plain between
18 their hills and the Caubul river, and part of the nearest hills and
19 plain on the southern side of the same stream. The southern part
20 of.lheir, country ia .mdiided m Khyber, and iar .tlus ieaion» the
21 Uppv Mommids are often comitod among the Khybeveei* <
22 !•' ThA hilla are generaUj lsw« but stony and rugged. 8aam ooLj lies
23 on lhmL.*&a ftvr.dajnh flioapt em Gaufaiql Sufc (» U]| mnr
24 the nortli bank of iheii?er). lliej are bare^ eioflpt in tome jplaoesi
25 «riiefe diflj have thickets isnd sostteied bushes of.diiBMit kimi%
26 and (in some hollows) the ususl momitain tiees. Ms&j parts of
27 tHam are uniwlmi^jtf^^
28 The wastes ate cbyeied with a buah called Mnrria» which is like
29 the top of a palm tree* but is no hi|^ier than a man.
30 The climate is cold for four months; but the heat of summer is
31 jgctreme. The sumoon is often ^rtaU and tihe blasts from Mnir Gob
32 (one of the hills south of the river), are the dread of all-tiatveUflfs
33 in the hot season.
34 ; The Currapa £^mss which leads from Peshawer to JeUailabad, is in
35 the Momund icpirotij i it is sometimes traveUedy but as it abounda in <
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