1 22 LEH—LEI.
2 and other stock, not unfrequently lodge in the same room with the
3 family. The palace of the Raja, though simple in construction,
4 and rude in finish, yet being several stories high, and having a
5 front of two hundred and fifty feet, is a conspicuous object.
6 There are several temples as rudely built as the houses. The
7 hereditary Raja, a votary of Lamaism, was deposed by Guolab
8 Singh, the powerful Sikh chieftain of Jamu, who now holds the
9 country.
10 Le is important as the great rendezvous for the intercourse
11 between the Punjab and Chinese Tartary, and the principal mart
12 for the sale of shawl-wool brought from the latter region. It
13 has above five hundred* houses, and probably four thousand
14 71, 259. inhabitants. Its elevation above the sea is stated by Moorcroft?
15 97,342, to be more than 11,000 feet, and by Vigne® to be about 10,000.
16 Lat. 34° 11’, long. 72° 14’.
17 ae ota LEHREE,! in Beloochistan, a town of Cutch Gundava, is
18 332, | situate near the southern base of the mountains, connecting the
19 7 Belooch. 310. Suliman range with the Hala. Pottinger? describes it as having
20 from a thousand to fifteen hundred houses, and surrounded by a
21 mud rampart, strengthened with bastions. Here, in the begin-
22 ning of 1841, Nusseer Khan, the son of the slain Mehrab Khan
23 of Kelat, assembled an army of about four thousand men, at-
24 tempting to maintain a post among the neighbouring hills; but
25 being attacked by a British force, consisting of nine hundred
26 sepoys, sixty irregular cavalry, and two field pieces, commanded
27 by Lieutenant-colonel Marshal, he was utterly routed and fled,
28 3 Jackson, Views accompanied by only two men.? Lehree is in lat. 29° 14’, long.
29 in Afg. 18. 68° 24’.
30 ' Leech, on Leia, LEIA,! in the Punjab, an important commercial town, situate
31 ae Deane os, Oa small branch of the Indus, about three miles eastward of
32 the main stream. It isa place of great business, not only in
33 direct but in transit trade, as it lies on the main road from Hin-
34 dostan to the west by the Kaheree ferry, and is, besides, the
35 mart for the abundant and rich produce of the surrounding fertile
36 country. The principal articles of sale are indigo, madder, sugar,
37 silk, cotton, wool, iron, copper, groceries of various kinds, ghee,
38 or clarified butter, and grain. It yields a revenue of a hundred and
39 twenty-seven thousand rupees. The population is 15,000, and
40 1} Punj. Bokh. i. a Ss
41 316. : * So states Moorcroft,' but Gholaum Hyder? gives the number at fifteen
42 ? As, Jour. 1835, hundred.
43 i. 175,