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Cradles were an unknown commodity till lately. I have already referred to
the wine and treasury-cellars excavated in the mountains, and which provided them with food
during the war in 1866, whilst the invading Kashmir troops around them were starving.
Baths (which were unknown till lately) ai*e sheltered constructions under waterfalls ; in
fact, they are mere sheltered douche-baths. There is no pavement except so far as stones
are placed in order to show where there are no roads. The rooms have a fire-place, which at /
Astor, ( where it is used for the reception of live coals) is in the middle of the room. The
conservancy arrangements are on the slope of the hills close to the villages, in front of which
are fields of Indian corn, &c. &c.
(/)—DIVISIONS OP THE DAED EAOES.
The name of Dardistan (a hybrid between the " Darada " and a Persian termina-
tion ) seems now to be generally accepted. I include in it all the countries lying between
the Hindukush and Kaghan (lat. 37° N. and long. 73° E. to lat. 35° N. long. 74'30 E). In
a restricted sense the Dards are the race inhabiting the mountainous country of Shinaki, detail-
ed further on, but I include under that designation not the only the Chilasis, Astoris, Ghilghitis,
Dureylis, &c, but also the people of Hunza, Nagyr, Chitral and Kaffiristan.* As is the case with
uncivilized races generally, the Dards have no name in common, but call each Dard tribe that
inhabits a different valley by a different name. This will'be seen in subjoined Extract from my
Ethnographical Vocabulary. The name "Dard" itself was not claimed by any of the race that
I met. If asked whether they where " Dards " they said " certainly," thinking I mispronounc-
ed the word "dade" of the Hill Panjabi which means " wild " " independent," and is a name
given them by foreigners as well as " yaghi," &c, &c , [the country is indifferently known as
Yaghistan, Kohistan and, since my visit in 1866 as Dardistan, a name which I see Mr. Hayward
has adopted]. I hope the name of Dard will be retained, for, besides being the designation
of, at least, one tribe, it connects the country with a range known in Hindu mythology
and history. However, I must leave this and other disputed points for the present, and
confine myself now to quoting a page of Part II. for the service of those whom the philolo-
gical portion of that work deterred from looking at the descriptive part.
" SHIN are all the people of Ohilas, Astor, Dureyl or Darell, G6r, Ghilghit f or GiliL
All these tribes do not acknowledge the " Guraizis," a people inhabiting the Gnraiz valley
between Chiias and Kashmir, as SMn, although the Guraizis themselves think so. The Guraizi
dialect, however, is undoubtedly Shin;i, much mixed with Kashmiri.
The ShinsJ call themselves "Shin, Shina 16k, Shinaki," and are very proud of the
appellation, and in addition to the above named races include in it the people of Tbrr, Karben,
Sazin, [districts of, or rather near, Ohilas]; Tanyire [Tangir] belonging to Darell; also the people
* Sine© writing the above I have discovered that the people of Kandia—an unsuspected race and country lying
between Swat and the Indus—are Dards and speak a Dialect of Shina, of which specimens are given further on.
f The word ought to be transliterated " Gilgit" \j^,£)£ and pronounced as it would be in German, but this might
expose it to being pronounced as "Jiljit" by some English readers, so I have left it generally as " Ghilghit."
t In a restricted sense " Shin" is the name of the highest caste of the Shin racts
Cradles were an unknown commodity till lately. I have already referred to
the wine and treasury-cellars excavated in the mountains, and which provided them with food
during the war in 1866, whilst the invading Kashmir troops around them were starving.
Baths (which were unknown till lately) ai*e sheltered constructions under waterfalls ; in
fact, they are mere sheltered douche-baths. There is no pavement except so far as stones
are placed in order to show where there are no roads. The rooms have a fire-place, which at /
Astor, ( where it is used for the reception of live coals) is in the middle of the room. The
conservancy arrangements are on the slope of the hills close to the villages, in front of which
are fields of Indian corn, &c. &c.
(/)—DIVISIONS OP THE DAED EAOES.
The name of Dardistan (a hybrid between the " Darada " and a Persian termina-
tion ) seems now to be generally accepted. I include in it all the countries lying between
the Hindukush and Kaghan (lat. 37° N. and long. 73° E. to lat. 35° N. long. 74'30 E). In
a restricted sense the Dards are the race inhabiting the mountainous country of Shinaki, detail-
ed further on, but I include under that designation not the only the Chilasis, Astoris, Ghilghitis,
Dureylis, &c, but also the people of Hunza, Nagyr, Chitral and Kaffiristan.* As is the case with
uncivilized races generally, the Dards have no name in common, but call each Dard tribe that
inhabits a different valley by a different name. This will'be seen in subjoined Extract from my
Ethnographical Vocabulary. The name "Dard" itself was not claimed by any of the race that
I met. If asked whether they where " Dards " they said " certainly," thinking I mispronounc-
ed the word "dade" of the Hill Panjabi which means " wild " " independent," and is a name
given them by foreigners as well as " yaghi," &c, &c , [the country is indifferently known as
Yaghistan, Kohistan and, since my visit in 1866 as Dardistan, a name which I see Mr. Hayward
has adopted]. I hope the name of Dard will be retained, for, besides being the designation
of, at least, one tribe, it connects the country with a range known in Hindu mythology
and history. However, I must leave this and other disputed points for the present, and
confine myself now to quoting a page of Part II. for the service of those whom the philolo-
gical portion of that work deterred from looking at the descriptive part.
" SHIN are all the people of Ohilas, Astor, Dureyl or Darell, G6r, Ghilghit f or GiliL
All these tribes do not acknowledge the " Guraizis," a people inhabiting the Gnraiz valley
between Chiias and Kashmir, as SMn, although the Guraizis themselves think so. The Guraizi
dialect, however, is undoubtedly Shin;i, much mixed with Kashmiri.
The ShinsJ call themselves "Shin, Shina 16k, Shinaki," and are very proud of the
appellation, and in addition to the above named races include in it the people of Tbrr, Karben,
Sazin, [districts of, or rather near, Ohilas]; Tanyire [Tangir] belonging to Darell; also the people
* Sine© writing the above I have discovered that the people of Kandia—an unsuspected race and country lying
between Swat and the Indus—are Dards and speak a Dialect of Shina, of which specimens are given further on.
f The word ought to be transliterated " Gilgit" \j^,£)£ and pronounced as it would be in German, but this might
expose it to being pronounced as "Jiljit" by some English readers, so I have left it generally as " Ghilghit."
t In a restricted sense " Shin" is the name of the highest caste of the Shin racts