1 river (jiomul, the descent from the Solimauny raiign into the lof-
2 huids on the riizlit bank of" the Tnfhi«. is deep arul sudden : on the
3 opposite side, tlic lU sceul seems to be as abrupt, tiiough by no means
4 so considerable, the country to the west of the range b^iiig moie ele-
5 vated than that on the east.
6 To the north of the Gromul, both sides of the range become per-
7 plexed by tlie numerous minor hills which it sends out to the east
8 and west ; but, ^us ikr as 1 can conjecture, the descent becomes more
9 gradual on the east, as it certahdy does on the west ; where the plain
10 country rises to meet it, and is perhaps as high to the east of Ghuz-
11 nee, as manj parts of the nsge itself to the BonlJi of that point . .
12 Thore are two minor ranges paralld. to the range of Snlgmawp>
13 which accon^Masy it on its eartm ude fiom the soutfaem borden of
14 AilljuwinMtamn, as ftr at leaat as Rughzee in latitude aS* Hie
15 tint of tfaeae langea ia lower than the principal ridge. The leoond ia
16 still lowers and between it and the fiivt ia a counftiy wtadk I ma^im
17 ia nigged, but cultivated by the Shecfannees* All of tliaee vu^bb
18 are pierced bj yallc^ which nin fiom the higli oonntiy on: the west*
19 and lend out itreama into Banunm: other stseama liae in the prin4»>
20 pal range* and run through valleys which cut the lower <«ies.
21 The Solimauny range ia described aa being composed of a hard
22 black stoneL The next range is a' red stone equally hard: but the
23 lowest range consists of a friable grey sand stone. The topa of all
24 these moontaina are bare ; the sides of the high range are covered
25 with pineaj and those of the mast with olives and other trees: the
26 lowest range is entirely baie^ except in the hoUows, which contain
27 some thickets of brush-wood.
28 I shall now mention the minor hills, which run east and west from
29 the great chwin just describeti. The first tliat occurs, proceeding
30 from tlie southward, is a range which seems to Gommence to the
31 north of Kughzee, and extends to Punniallee.
32 This branch is steep, craggy, and bare, and can scarcely be crossed
33 except in one plaoe» where there is a breach in the hill. It ends in
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