1 3eSi BAURlKa
2 ■nd.TBeree^ wluoli lail ^fim u the rendenee of the Kfaaiiik .Thfl^
3 {obdnoe wbeat and Bttjim
4 They export a gieat ded of fod&-«alt» dug fiom the fiUt.nqgo^
5 prindpeUj in the neigyioiiriiood of Feevee. ' -
6 ' None of our party jwv the Bauiiki^ OMC^
7 we sny cominimication with.them» but what anrae from their .attactt
8 on our strag^bfB.' We>' however, learned, that thoM|^- they were
9 EhuUuks, they wefe independent on both Khauna,' and lired in a
10 state of aparchy. '
11 The Khuttuks immediately to the north of the Bauriks, were dark
12 men, dressed like some of the people in Hindaatan» but ruder in.
13 their. manlDexa. In their interocnme witb ns, they wete nuld and
14 offensive, and such, I hear, is their general character. • ' ' . . ,
15 The clan of Bungush has the hills of the Khyberees on the north» .
16 the Kliiittulcs on the cast and soitth-eaat, oome of the Viieereea on
17 the sontli, and the Toorees on the west.
18 • Tlieir counti;. c onsists of a long vaHev widening into a plain about
19 twelve miles in tiiarneter. The valley is called Upper, and the plain
20 ^wer Bungusli. The plain is fertile and well watered ; the uncul-
21 tivated parts are covered with dwarf palm, but there are few trees,
22 ^cept in some pleasing ganlens alx)ut Cohaut,'the residence of the
23 chief. Tliis has been a neat little town, but has been reduced by ilie
24 distractions in the tribe, to the size of a considerable village. Upper
25 Bungush is wvW watt red, and productive in the bottoms^ but the hills
26 are steep and rugged. ' " ^ '•
27 .Both the Khuttuk and Bungush countries have great variety of
28 climate. Some parts of the hills are covered with snow, as lale ;is
29 March, while others are saircely whitened in the depth of winter ;
30 and some are never visited by snow. In general, the hills and vallics
31 are colder as they are nearer the Solimauny mountains. The
32 plains, though, colder than Pediawer/'have seldotti, if ever> fidlaof
33 ano^.
34 . The people^'liower ^Bungush, are very obedieiKt to dieijr Khaun
35 and to the Ki^ fhose of Upper Bunguth lew ao.
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