1 558 TBIBIS OP PESHAWBB.
2 any body hiiiqg an escort of Ehjfanaes to Moiirehis passage thnmgh
3 their countxyj a step which aiwagfa eoiOMa • tnveUor'a mfiBtj in the
4 lands of any other tribe. ^
5 Tbe plain of Feshawer, which Hesi immediately to the south of the
6 Ikisoizyes, is nearly circular, and about thirty-five miles in diameter.
7 It Is surrounded by mountains on all sideS) except the east, where a
8 narrow slip of barren coLinti j runs along the banks of the CaubiJ
9 river to the Indus. Tliis slip is about fifteen milt s hroad, aiul litjs
10 between the mountains of Boonere, and the Ran^'e oi latitude 34",
11 which bounds the plmn of i^esliawer on the south ; on the south-west
12 of the plain are the hiUs of the Kiijberees, round the lof^v peak of
13 Suffkid Cob ; on the west are the hills of the Otmauiikliuil iuid the
14 Upper jN'Jomunds, over which are seen far higher mountains.
15 The soil of the plain is a rich black mould. The surface is wavy,
16 but the whole plain lies scmudi lower than the surrounding countries)
17 that the water feadbflft ilmoat jevery part of - it, and secures it a per-
18 petual Teidiii«b. ThiB abundaiioct of watar it even aomeliiaaB-Aik-aa
19 an inoonvenience in the lower paita of tlie plain, and partioularly in
20 the town, part of wluch ia flooded in the ^)ring raini.
21 Tbe.iblJowing aie generally called the tribes of PesbAwar :
22 Hie Mafaommedajea*
23 - Giiggieeaaneea*
24 Mehm^dfl.
25 Khnlleela, and
26 Dawoodxyear
27 The M^ommetkyes and Guggeeaunees live on the Eosofzye side
28 of the Caubul river; their settlement has already bean related. Th^
29 manners resemble those of the Eusofzyes ; but thej are in obedience
30 to the King, and under strict subjection to their owh chiefs. The
31 chief place of the Mahommedzyes is Hushtnuggur, which may
32 either be considered as one veiy huge town^ or aa eigjht oonftigooua
33 Tillages, . .
34 Digitized by Googic