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The Malakand Pass gives access to the valley of the Swat, a long and wide trough running east and west, among the mountains. Six miles further to the east, at Chakdara, the valley bifurcates. One branch runs northward towards Uch, and, turning again to the west, ultimately leads to the Panjkora River and beyond to the great valley of Nawagai.
A fox cannot pronounce a whole word, but a part only as 'Nish . . . Sa. . . for 'Nishida-San'; 'degoz . . . for 'degozarimasu, or 'uch . . . de . .? for 'uchi desuka? Then, if you are a friend of foxes, the visitor will present you with a little gift of some sort, and at once vanish away into the darkness. Whatever the gift may be, it will seem much larger that night than in the morning.
"'Why, says the friar, looking down quite plased, entirely, at the cut of his own waist, Uch, among ourselves, was no trifle, and giving a growl of a laugh the most he ever gave, 'if what you pray here benefits you in the next life as much as what I fast does for me in this, it will be well for the world in general Michael.
In pursuance of these instructions, Sir Bindon Blood ordered Brigadier-General Wodehouse with the 3rd Brigade, which in anticipation had been moved from Uch a few days previously, to take over the bridge across the Panjkora from the Khan of Dir's Levies, and secure the passage.
More than once she halted, but was promptly prodded on until finally the humiliating task had been accomplished. "Good girl!" called out a voice from behind a mask and Judith quickly stepped up to take off the duster. Juniors favor the freshman in spite of such conditions. "O uch!" protested the culprit. "It is hard!" "Wait a minute!" cautioned Jane's voice. "This will remove it.
"Uch keen, tahmee wejeaok?" "My little brother," said the leader, "where are you going?" "I am lost in the fog," said the poor Indian, very sadly. "Ah, come with us to our camp," said the giant, who seemed to be a good fellow, if there ever was one. "Truly, ye will be well treated, my small friends, for my father is the chief; so be of good cheer!"
Power whistled for an outsider. The injured man said again as well as he could. "I' 'ery 'uch o'liged to you, sir. I hope we'll 'eet again. 'y na'e is Kernan." The shock and the incipient pain had partly sobered him. "Don't mention it," said the young man. They shook hands. Mr. Kernan was hoisted on to the car and, while Mr.
Unrest began among the Mohammedans throughout the neighbouring western Turkestan, and the same Chinese generals who had fought the Kalmuks marched into Turkestan and captured the Mohammedan city states of Uch, Kashgar, and Yarkand.
"Uch ay," Bella interrupted. "I got them at the pig-cairt in exchange for some rags. He's plenty mair o' the same kind." "Oh, really," Pamela said helplessly. "The fact is, a few things of my own will be arriving in a day or two a cushion or two and that sort of thing to make me feel at home, you know, so if you would very kindly let us make room for them, I should be so much obliged."
The young man in the cycling-suit took the man by the other arm and the crowd divided. "How did you get yourself into this mess?" asked Mr. Power. "The gentleman fell down the stairs," said the young man. "I' 'ery 'uch o'liged to you, sir," said the injured man. "Not at all." "'ant we have a little...?" "Not now. Not now."