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ROUTE FROM GWADUR TO KURRACHEE. 55
Khan and of Persia, neither will they acknowledge the authority of
any one Chief of their own.
The next place, Pisung, is at the present day subject to the authority
of the Persian Deputy. The mountain chains on either side of this
valley are at some points very lofty and are not altogether uninhabited.
Amongst their recesses are fertile spots where dates, apples, and other
fruits are said to thrive. These spots are inhabited by wild Belooch
tribes, who likewise own considerable flocks of goats and sheep. A
coarse woollen fabric is manufactured by these hill people, and fetches
a good price in the plains.
The valley just described, as well as all similar valleys lying between
ranges of hills, is called a <c Du mm ok” in Beloochee. This is worth
noticing, as in some maps one sees a hill called KohDummok, evidently
from a misapprehension.
The next place at which I halted being one of the forts of the Kej
group, before proceeding with the account of my route it wall be
necessary to attempt a general description of Kej.
From the fact of Kej being generally mentioned as the capital or chief
town of Mekran, one not unnaturally comes
Ive,] * to think of it as an extensive city, possessing
its markets, streets, and buildings- A visit quickly dispels any such
notion, as there is nothing to he found at Kej which deserves more than
the name of village. It is difficult to fix on the proper term under
which to speak of Kej, which name is employed to indicate a ce settle
ment,” in which are situated a number of forts and villages ; and here, be
it remarked, this is the system universally adopted throughout Mekran.
All the principal places usually considered as towms, such as Punjgoor,
Toomp, Kolanch, Baho, Dizak, &c., being in point of fact Abadees”
or “ settlements,” extending for several miles, and including, under the
general name, villages and forts each hearing its distinctive appellation.
The “ Abadee” Kej then is situated in the centre of the valley, be
tween two lofty ranges of hills, here about 12 miles apart, me fertile
mid inhabited portion which constitutes the <c Ahadee ? extends east and
west about a dozen miles on either side of the river, here named ct Kej
Khor, hut lower down met with under the name of Dusht Khor. The
whole breadth of Kej is not more than three miles, the rest of the valley
between it and the hills being barren and stony land. The fine groves
of date trees which line the banks of the Khor form the most prominent