1 200 THE MOMANDS.
2 We are now in the territory of the Momands.
3 Their possessions commence at the village of
4 Badarshi, five kos from Akora, on the road to
5 Peshawr.
6 The Momands are a large and very influen-
7 tial tribe, and occupy two distinct tracts of
8 country. One portion, the head of which is
9 Sadat Khan of Lalpura, inhabits the hills to
10 the north of the Khaibar Pass; while the other
11 occupies the country which is now the subject
12 of our observation. The last possess five
13 tappas, or cantons, viz., Badarshi, Musazai,
14 Badaheir, Musa Khail, and Musrazae. With
15 the exception of Badarshi, the other four are
16 situated on the banks of the Bara stream, which
17 were still sufficiently numerous to remind us of the severe
18 contests that had been fought in it at ‘no very distant
19 period; they were, however, as nothing compared with
20 those of the two preceding journeys. In some parts, where
21 the plain had been left undisturbed, and was covered with
22 a thick green sward, it was delightful to observe the pro-
23 fusion of wild and sweet-smelling flowers with which it
24 was bedecked, and many of which forcibly reminded us of
25 the fields of England, the most common being the dande-
26 lion, which, however, does not attain to the size of that at
27 home.” —Bar7’s Journal, pp. 212, 218.