the Haro and the Soan. There are four _tahsils_, Attock, Fatehjang,
Pindigheb, and Talagang. The northern _tahsil_ of Attock is most
favoured by nature. It contains the Chach plain, part of which has a
rich soil and valuable well irrigation, also on the Hazara border a
small group of estates watered by cuts from the Haro. The south of the
_tahsil_ is partly sandy and partly has a dry gritty or stony soil. Here
the crops are very insecure. The rest of the district is a plateau. The
northern part consists of the _tahsils_ of Fatehjang and Pindigheb
drained by the Soan and its tributary the Sil. The southern is occupied
by _tahsil_ Talagang, a rough plateau with deep ravines and torrents
draining northwards into the Soan. In the valleys of the Sil and Soan
some good crops are raised. The soil of the plateau is very shallow, and
the rainfall being scanty the harvest is often dried up. The chief crops
are wheat and _bajra_. Awans form the bulk of the agricultural
population.

[Sidenote: Area, 5395 sq. m.
Cultd area,
1020 sq. m.
Pop. 341,377;
88 p.c. M.
Land Rev.
Rs. 359,836
= L23,989.]

~Mianwali~ is one of the largest districts, but has the smallest
population of any except Simla. The Indus has a course of about 180
miles in Mianwali. In the north it forms the boundary between the
Mianwali _tahsil_ and the small Isakhel _tahsil_ on the right bank. In
the south it divides the huge Bhakkar _tahsil_, which is bigger than an
average district, from the Dera Ismail Khan district of the N.W.F.
Province. It is joined from the west by the Kurram, which has a short
course in the south of the Isakhel _tahsil_. The Salt Range extends into
the district, throwing off from its western extremity a spur which runs
north to the Indus opposite Kalabagh. Four tracts may be distinguished,
two large and two small. North and east of the Salt Range is the Khuddar
or ravine country, a little bit of the Awankari or Awan's land, which
occupies a large space in Attock. West of the Indus in the north the
wild and desolate Bhangi-Khel glen with its very scanty and scattered
cultivation runs north to the Kohat Hills. The rest of the district
consists of the wide and flat valley of the Indus and the Thal or
Uplands. In the north the latter includes an area of strong thirsty
loam, but south of the railway it is a huge expanse of sand rising
frequently into hillocks and ridges with some fertile bottoms of better
soil. Except in the north the Thal pe