The Chitral campaign : a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour . LOWARAI PASS. very fond of dogs. When Sir William Lockhartvisited the country in 1886 he gave the mehtar awhite bulldog. Surgeon-Captain Luard found thisdog wandering about in the village of Kogazai, andtook it back with him to Gilgit. He seemed veryglad to get back again amongst the sahibs after hislong- exile of nine years. Quite a number of doQfS T 2 276 THE CHITRAL CAMPAIGN distinguished themselves during the had a big yellow pariah dog, called Ghazi,with him in the fort, who was a great favourite w
The Chitral campaign : a narrative of events in Chitral, Swat, and Bajour . LOWARAI PASS. very fond of dogs. When Sir William Lockhartvisited the country in 1886 he gave the mehtar awhite bulldog. Surgeon-Captain Luard found thisdog wandering about in the village of Kogazai, andtook it back with him to Gilgit. He seemed veryglad to get back again amongst the sahibs after hislong- exile of nine years. Quite a number of doQfS T 2 276 THE CHITRAL CAMPAIGN distinguished themselves during the had a big yellow pariah dog, called Ghazi,with him in the fort, who was a great favourite withall of them. He was hit three times, but v/ithoutbeinof much damaQ-ed. The third time he was hitin the foot, which festered, and after the sieo-e was. VIEW IN THE CHITRAL VALLEY BETWEEN ASHRETH AND KILA DROSH. over it became necessary to destroy him. Edwardeshad a little fox-terrier with him at Reshun, who wasshot through the chest, but not very badly Pathans allowed him to take her down to Jan-dol, and she was with him when he was sent byUmra Khan into General Lows camp, and becamea great pet in the 2nd Brigade. Then there was a CHITRALI SONGS 277 pariah dog who attached himself to the Buffs atChakdara in the Swat Valley, and marched all theway with them to Chitral ; and another who joinedthe Gordons, or the Kings Own Scottish Borderers—I forget which—at Dargai, and went up with themto the assault on the Malakand, He was greatlyinterested in the Guides fight on the Panjkora, andswam across the river to their camp, coming backafter a bit on one of the rafts. The language spoken by the Chitralis is calledKhowar, It is quite a distinct language, and has noaffinity whatever with Pushtu, the language of theAfghans. The o
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