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Islcardo, Kashmir, and Chitral. are each attainable in ten or twelve days by porters, on foot by
GS-rlghit. The river of Chilral is the river of Knnur, that joins the Kabul river near Jellalabad. A
path from Chitral crosses the Inuri pas3, at the south-eastern extremity of the valley, and descends upon
that of Dhir.
Part of the eastern frontier of Kafiristan bounds the western side of the Chitral valley. Jehan
Dad Shah told me that the Kafirs fight with bow* and arrows, the latter having no feather,—the bows
being made of almond-wood; but that matchlocks are becomieg more common; and that at a certain fime
in the summer they suspend their chupaos, or forays, and descend into the valley, and contend in
different games with the Ohitralis."
A FiiW ANECDOTES ABOUT GAUHAR AMAN.
Gauhar Aman, the former ruler of Yasin, was a Sunni, and thought it to be matter of both lucre'
and faith to sell his Shiah subjects into slavery, as it appeared to him to be the easiest means of realising a
large revenue. He is supposed to have sold his nurse into Badakhshai; and, when remonstrated with
for having sold her who had suckled him, he is said to have pointed to a cow and said : " This cow
continues to give me milk, and I would have no hesitation in selling'her; how much more, then, one whose
time has been so long over?" And, again, when a Mohamm.idan Saint, a great Maulvi, remonstrated
with him for selling him into slavery, he said, " We have no hesitation in selling the K->ran, the word of
God; how much less shall we hesitate to sell the expounder of the word of God?" He is even said to
have once dipped his bread in the blood of a victim, an unfortunate Daieli, who had fled at his approach, but who
hid been pursued and captured by him. He is not the only Dard who used to sell men for dogs. A short
time before I was at Gilgit, (once a populous place, now reduced to about 2')0 houses) three men were selling
for a pony, two for a large piece of cloth (patiu), and one for a good hunting dog. Note on page 95 by
G- W, Leitner.
On page 79 the statement of Aman-ul-Mulk's daughter being married to Jehandar Shah should
corrected in accordance with the remark on page 86.
DR. LEITNER'S FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS.
The following Parts, all of which are ready in Manuscript, will be illustrated,
ivherever practicable and suitable, with maps and drawings :—■
Next Part ( Part IV. Vol. I.) will contain :—
1. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF DR. LEITNER'S ADVENTURES on a tour in
1866 through Zanskar, Ladalc, Little Tibet, Kashmir, Gilgit, &c.
2. A FULL ACCOUNT OP MR. HATWARD'S DEATH (compiled from various
f- non-official sources), and the precise extent and value of his explorations and
statements in 1870.
3. THE RACE AND LANGUAGE OF KANDIA OR K1LIA (discovered by
Dr. Leitner in 1872), The district lies between Swat and the Indus,
Islcardo, Kashmir, and Chitral. are each attainable in ten or twelve days by porters, on foot by
GS-rlghit. The river of Chilral is the river of Knnur, that joins the Kabul river near Jellalabad. A
path from Chitral crosses the Inuri pas3, at the south-eastern extremity of the valley, and descends upon
that of Dhir.
Part of the eastern frontier of Kafiristan bounds the western side of the Chitral valley. Jehan
Dad Shah told me that the Kafirs fight with bow* and arrows, the latter having no feather,—the bows
being made of almond-wood; but that matchlocks are becomieg more common; and that at a certain fime
in the summer they suspend their chupaos, or forays, and descend into the valley, and contend in
different games with the Ohitralis."
A FiiW ANECDOTES ABOUT GAUHAR AMAN.
Gauhar Aman, the former ruler of Yasin, was a Sunni, and thought it to be matter of both lucre'
and faith to sell his Shiah subjects into slavery, as it appeared to him to be the easiest means of realising a
large revenue. He is supposed to have sold his nurse into Badakhshai; and, when remonstrated with
for having sold her who had suckled him, he is said to have pointed to a cow and said : " This cow
continues to give me milk, and I would have no hesitation in selling'her; how much more, then, one whose
time has been so long over?" And, again, when a Mohamm.idan Saint, a great Maulvi, remonstrated
with him for selling him into slavery, he said, " We have no hesitation in selling the K->ran, the word of
God; how much less shall we hesitate to sell the expounder of the word of God?" He is even said to
have once dipped his bread in the blood of a victim, an unfortunate Daieli, who had fled at his approach, but who
hid been pursued and captured by him. He is not the only Dard who used to sell men for dogs. A short
time before I was at Gilgit, (once a populous place, now reduced to about 2')0 houses) three men were selling
for a pony, two for a large piece of cloth (patiu), and one for a good hunting dog. Note on page 95 by
G- W, Leitner.
On page 79 the statement of Aman-ul-Mulk's daughter being married to Jehandar Shah should
corrected in accordance with the remark on page 86.
DR. LEITNER'S FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS.
The following Parts, all of which are ready in Manuscript, will be illustrated,
ivherever practicable and suitable, with maps and drawings :—■
Next Part ( Part IV. Vol. I.) will contain :—
1. A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF DR. LEITNER'S ADVENTURES on a tour in
1866 through Zanskar, Ladalc, Little Tibet, Kashmir, Gilgit, &c.
2. A FULL ACCOUNT OP MR. HATWARD'S DEATH (compiled from various
f- non-official sources), and the precise extent and value of his explorations and
statements in 1870.
3. THE RACE AND LANGUAGE OF KANDIA OR K1LIA (discovered by
Dr. Leitner in 1872), The district lies between Swat and the Indus,