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2 SALT D|;SART. 9J
3 <d witik the ■notWn bmidws of Uie Jtotler mogntwib Usgnenldi-
4 vdaim U ionlliirij^M &r 10 Ut 28* noftli.
5 . ft MDds tlifee branches to the eut, betwoeo Ut 841* and lat 88%
6 and ttrd oftfaem cross the Indus.
7 From its terminatioa in lat. 29* a chaiii «f hiUa zuna-imurlj wettJto
8 the table land of Kelaut.
9 ' That table land is of considerable elevation ; and fills up the space
10 between long. 64" east and long. 67** 90f eaat, lat 26> 88' i|orth and
11 kit* 89^ 15* north. It comprises the provinces of Jallawaun and Seh-
12 ini9wm» and the district of Kelaut, which, with Seeweestaun, form the
13 dominions of a Beloche Prince, dependant on Caubul, and are chiefly
14 inhabited by Beloches. The Table land is every where hilly and bar-
15 ren. Tlie highest ]>art of it is towards the north, where Kelaut,
16 the capital of the principahty, is situated. A narrow tract of the
17 same level with Seeweestaun, lies between the foot of this Table
18 land and ttie sea. On the south-wcsi tlie table land has lower hills
19 mid plains included in iVUkiHuu ; :uid extending in lat. from 26'
20 north to 28' north. On tlie north ot Mdaraun is the Salt Desart, the
21 eastern extremity of which Ues under the western rampart of the
22 Tal:ile land.
23 The north eastern edge of this desart, may be loosely said to lie
24 between the 64th and 65th lines of east longitude, till it reach 30"
25 north, Ironi which latitude it becomas difficult to fix. It, however,
26 encloses the small coimtry of Seestaun, and bounds the A%haun
27 ^xnmtry up to near Heraut* where a habitable tract commences, and
28 stretches iike ao Isthmus between this desart, and that which extends
29 . 'to the Jiaurtes. This tnct is in- some parts.'biUj, and in o4ihera:so
30 aandj. and' arid, that it can acarody be.'said to sepante tiie deaarts.
31 : ' The ei^e of tbe desart win appear bei«Bfter to be iU defined. In
32 aoine pboea it inns into iihe hahitahift oountry ; and, on the otber
33 bendi'tiie banks of the Hdniundt which flows tfarough part of thede* •
34 aart- into the hke of finnwwtsnni aie everywhere iertiliaed* by that
35 R^er*
36 N S
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