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3 bundled oonU ipMk Ttnum, «ad the A^^taunaliad loflk the M €f
4 the Fkiihtoo lan^dtga They iHock ne* m the Mdeif« and raort^
5 aannt people I had y A ittD. I ivas adoompaaied fiom AtliMfc
6 Hobeb Khaun, the chief df BcxMraun, and Hussun AbdiuL Hfl had
7 •boot one hundsed horse, all dresaed in the Indian way» willi wbaibk
8 turbans, white coats of quilted cotton, IndiaD hilts t6 thttr.awdrdn
9 Indian Aaabxae on their honesy and no boots } but they all wofo ei-
10 ther cuirasses of leather, or shirts of mdl, and carried loi^ •pean*
11 Their long beaidt, and wild auTf diatingniahed.lhani at once from
12 Hindofltoupeei ; and their appeaianoe was akogether peculiar. Amidst
13 bU these signs of India, the valley of Hussun Abdaul recfdled to our re^
14 collection the country we had lelL It had indeed been famous in all ages
15 for its beauty, and had been a favorite resting place of the great Moguls,
16 on their annual migrations to Cashmeer ; nor could there have been
17 a scene better fitted for the eniovment of their easy and hixorioiis
18 grandeur. The mHuence of tlie rains of Hindoostaun, which now be^
19 gan to reach us, iiad cooled the air, nnd jjiven it a peculiar soilness
20 and pleasantness, which disposed us to a more perfect enjoyrtient of
21 the beauties ol the place. There also was a garden, which resembled,
22 and almost equalled, that of Cohaut. Near this, was the tomb of
23 Hussun Abdaiil, from winch the place is named. It is partly Com-
24 posed of nunbie, and stands in a square enclosure, within which are
25 two very fine old cypresses, of remarkable height. Hussun (whose
26 surname Abdaul is the Pushtoo for inad,) was a famous saint of Can-
27 ddbar, where he is known by the name of Babba WuUe(6. About two
28 miles off, was a royal garden, now gone to decay. There was sCtme*
29 thing mebmcholy and desolate in erety thitig about it, whidi iMs
30 soaice less impMsirotban its original ^endonr* U tentained soma
31 daqisndateBQvehasoa^ filled wi^ the pm water <»f these Idlk
32 some jmincd hniUhigs (one of wfakli was imoaibdjlj deganl) }
33 here we^ ibr the hist time, saw the plaoe-tKeet wfaieh iortna tbe fiivOu^
34 rite omamaiit of all the gardens of die West.
35 It was at Hussun Abdaul that tihe mission was to have KBmaumd
36 tiailw teof dmldiHsdomof OsobnlwAsdeoidads Ira^bafim
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