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2 TBiBE OF MITEWUT. ^
3 «ldsbfalik»tfh«ki*tlieiMtt^ it itftlliirholee,
4 and marked with fshaimelii by- the water in all. paitih 'and -berir Ilia
5 iWBT dieae beeome ciinridanUa,nfnnaa*
6 *• Ihe'bankt <if tihe-innar are oovvred.with thick jungki of low timi^
7 lidi^ aomrtamaa mi»fld'with.long graas> and lometimea with thonay
8 bnahei: rabiMlniding in wild boan> hog-deer^ and all aoits of game
9 Bound ihe.-nUi^ are oAan large wboda of datoib the only .tall tneni
10 onthe.plain. When dwEeiaciiltivalaon*.^ rich; but by iar tiie
11 graatcr part of the pbnn b waMe^mrii^tothelhinne«of the popo-
12 UiioBf and Uto.'faadneM of the goveniment. Tlie aouthcm part of
13 the plain! haa moat, jungle'; the iMMCth it aandj* GaoHcls of the aama
14 Isnd'wiih thoMof Iiidi% are fared.hew.in great nuBBben.
15 The principal town» Dera Innad Khannt ia the leaidamce qf the
16 govamor, a Beloche appomted by Mahomed Kbaan» the Xin^s 'go-
17 reiTior 'of ihkpnyvinoe^'and Sya.
18 Tlie people are Juts and Belodhes, dark in oomplaxion, and lean
19 and OBcagre' in form ; their ordinary dress in siuilmer ia of fhwh
20 coloured cotton; and in winter grayish' or atrqMd great coats of coaurae
21 woollen doth, and quilted silk c^m. They are pefftctly ftutwHaaiTe
22 and djedknt to the King ukd his r^Are»entative.
23 - ' The country o£the Murwuts is composed of sandy i^d arid plaina»
24 divided by rangea of hills. It depends: antiraly on rain for caitiff-
25 tion, aiKl in many parts the inhabitaois ate- even obliged to carry wi^
26 ter for several miles to supply their familiesl.
27 Half the Murwuts are Hxcd and employed in agiicuHure. The
28 rest wander about with their herds of camels ; living chiefly in tem-
29 porary huts of branches of trees, with a wall of thorns, and a roof of
30 straw; some few have black tents of the worst description. They are
31 tall, fair men, and wear a jkui oi loose trowsers, something th^JQWo
32 over their shoulders, and a haadkerchiel tied round theii headjs.
33 Tlicir fount I V is about thirty-five milrs sijuaio, sf retelling trom
34 Bunnoo to MuckeKvand. and froni ncEir the f<.)ot of the bolimauny
35 mountains to the short range ot liiJls \". iucli separates Largee from
36 the Indus. It is* however,, thinly people In the narrow .slip be^
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