oongurze, the Barometer at which stood 24.758. Therm. in sun 85
degrees. Bharowl is a small plain, but still three or four times larger
than Loongurze, and perhaps 100 feet below it: this place is up the
ravine leading to the fourth peak of the west side, which same peak must
be between 9,000 to 10,000 feet high. Loongurze is visible from this,
and is more to the south.

The villages consist of several houses forming a sort of wall; outside,
the houses are of one story, with terraced roof, supported by timbers,
they are built of stones, slabs of micaceous slate, which is the
prevailing rock, and timbers interposed as ties; the rooms are very dark,
and very dirty, with no outlet for the smoke. The only part of the
furniture worth noticing consists of an inverted conical basket, made out
of the stems of some large grass, coated with mud, and truncated at the
top, used to keep grain in. The under, or ground floor appears to be
used for the domestic animals which are cows, goats, fowls, etc. The
inhabitants of Bharowl, _Bhawiolis_, are a _kafir_ race with a Mussulman
cast of countenance, but fair, of an unhealthy look, with in many cases
light hair, and generally light eyes, they are a rather large tribe, and
appear to have but few wants, are very poor, and very dirty; the better
part of the men are clothed in Cashgar, _chargas_, and ordinary cotton
under-garments; the women dress in blue. Both villages are on the limit
of inferior snow at this season; there is enough of cultivation about to
supply their wants, chiefly wheat and barley, and a sort of pea.
Loongurze is infested with a villainous midge, of the same genus as that
of the Naga Hills, but few are to be found at Bharowl.

At Loongurze I met a Khungurlye slave, of the caste Krungurlye, the head-
quarters of which are at a mountain village, about eight _cos_ off, in a
north-west direction. The chief of Koorungul is Ahmed Khan, he is
independent: his village having 400 men, well armed.

The man wore a goat skin jacket without sleeves, a skull cap of camel
hair netted, and leggings to the ancle of the same, to keep off the
midges; these leggings are likewise used at Bharowl for the same purpose.
The following is a specimen of the Krungurlye dialect.

_Baba_, Father. _Wurrik_, Water.
_Aiee_, Mother. _Soourr_, Hog.
_Lohideck_, Brother. _Kookoor_, Fowl.
_Trizzai_, Sister. _Ow_, Bread.
_Khleck_, Wom