1 DUMTAUNEES OF WAUNER
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3 obsen'ed of them), in appearfknce and habits of life, more like moun-
4 tain bears than men. They are not an extensive tribe, and their
5 oountzy is nenx Tuited faj trweDen. They ham win with tbe
6 Kharotees, and plunder travellers on the road from Caubul Uirough
7 Bungush, new the pan of Peiwsur. I need acaice say that they aie
8 never to be met wi^ out of their hQla.
9 The ooontcies along the western nde of l^ikhti So1hnaun» which
10 aooompeny those which I h«ve been describing* in tiieir progress to-
11 waids the mnth, do not call Son any particular nodoe. To the north
12 of the Huncepsnl is the countiy near the jonction of the Gomul and
13 aiobe^ sometimes pastured on by wandering Gauhers. North of it
14 is Wannehf a low pUin situated on tiie hills that slope down to the
15 vidky of tbe.Gomii]. It is an open tract, inhabited by s small tiifie
16 called Bumtanny, and much frequented m summer by shepherds of
17 the Splimaun Ehail and Kharotee tribes ; some of tlie tribes depen-
18 dent on the Dowlutkhail, also drive up their flocka to Waun^ in
19 winter. N<»rth of Wamieh is Oorghoon, the country of the Per*
20 moollees ; and then a tract belonging to KhaioteeS) snd other clans
21 of Ghi^pesi of all which I shall hereafter have oocasioii to speak at
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