1 Sg4 ViZEEaEES. ' .
2 ' Amongthehillstothe west of the range of Solimaun, areGosa, inhal)^
3 ted by theMoossakhaiiCaiikflny wbieh lies west of the Zmurrees ; Bttut^
4 « high barren plain among momitaiiUt inhabited fay tke hill Bauboom |
5 and still &ither npidi are SpaBtt» Mid the country^ the finppeep
6 and HmreeiMiu] tribes ; on the weit of all these countriei,' eie hiUi
7 which aeperate them from Zhobe.
8 SpustR is s wavy plain covered with wild olives. It is hi(^ cold»
9 and barren, and is inhabited in siunmer by the Muxhails, a pastofal
10 tribe» who more in winter into Damaun. Tliey live entirely in tent%
11 and have ^mt mtnners of the other shepherd trites. Thou^ poatf
12 they carry on some little trade ; their stock is sheep, goats, asses, and
13 a few oxen, used only for ouniagew Their Khaim is powerful, though
14 under the Neeka of the Sheeraunees, and their Moollahs have
15 authority enough to punish offences against the Maliomedan ritual.
16 The tribes of Hurreepaul and Kuppeep, resemble the Sheeraunees,
17 of \vhit:h tribe they are branches; and tlieir residence IB in thfi hills
18 and valleys at the western base» of Tukhti Solimaun.
19 The extensive countrv ot the \ izccrecs lies to the nortli ot that of
20 the Sheeraunees, and stretcJies u}> to the northward for one huucirc^d
21 miles, till it reaches Sufaid Coli ; I lie low hills which separate t lie
22 little countries about Khost and Bunnoo, have been mpnti«ine<i as
23 belongin«»; to the Vizeerees, but, from the paralU^l ot Simt/a lu near
24 the source of the Koorrum, they share the mountains with the Jar
25 draims, the latter having the west lace of the rang^ and the Vizee-
26 rees the east.
27 The greater part of their country consists of mountains covered
28 with pine forests, but containing some cleared and cult i\ ai wl spoti»
29 The lower hills are liare, or oiiiy covered with bu.shcs ami low trees.
30 The Vizeeree country is little visited, except by passengers, who
31 shun the inhabitants as much as they can ; and I have found it im-
32 ' poasible to meet with a Vizeeree out of his own country. The fol-
33 lowing account is derived from travellers : it is superficial, and nugr
34 belncoirect
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