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2 I ahall my nothing in this place of the rivers which join the Indus
3 fiom the east, which are fully described by Lieutenant Macartney.*
4 Of those which join it from the west, I have already menticmed the
5 Abbft Seen. The next river is that of Kauahkhiiwr» which tmm in
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7 mdttced by Mr. Moteeraft, niperilltendatit of the Company's Stud, to undertake a journey
8 into Tartary, for tlicpiirpnso of ascertaining the possibility of grtting horsps for the Bcngnl
9 Cwalryin tbjit country. Ue went from Caahmeer to l.i«dauk, and from thenoe to Yarcund ;
10 add die fidloiring infimnatkMi, respecting the mm uliich hefMcd, ia fiMind in difl^nnt
11 |larts of his journal. At Mutauyen, (a pUkCA ibout forty coss from the dly of Caithmcer, in
12 a direction to the north of cast), the waters run partly to Caahmeer, and partly to Tilx-t-
13 The stream, which goes to Cashmeer, is called the Sind» (which name itretains throughout
14 dwv«Ocy). llieodKr, kcdMtliewalwdrTibeC: itflowinord^^
15 (a village on Izzut Oollah's route, about thirty ooss north-cast oi Mutauyen) ; and, from
16 that place, it tnkcs a westerly direction, passes throttp;h Little Til)Ct, and flows under Mt>-
17 zudt^rabad) wiicre it lakett the name of that town, A coss below MoKutl'crabtui, it is joined
18 bjr dw river of CMhrnwr^ (dM Sind above nwntiflnklX and flow* tlumigb the Pu^ui^
19 where it is culletl tlic Jelam or Behut, (IT , 1 1 ]i ,\ Tliis, tlienfore, is the Kishen Giinga,
20 which Mr. Macartney supposes to have separated from the Indus, a notion by no meaiu
21 surprizing, considering how xwar the head of die former river is to the course of the latter.
22 About twenty coss from Pishkum, in a direction to the east-~of north, is the village of
23 Ktitll-rh, where T/ziit Oollah first met the rive r ul' T id iisk, on which hr ruak' - tin f' H rv-
24 ing observations. " Two coss Jjefbrc you come to Khillich, the road goes along Utc left
25 «* bank of a river, i«liidi flowi into die i4ver «f Atfeofc (the bda»). It ooaKi ftvm dw
26 <* north-east, and flows towards tlie south-west; and, it is said, that this river joins the
27 u river of Shauyook, (the source of which is between Tilx-t and V-irkmul), and, piusing
28 ** through the country of the Euso&yes, and Kieer, and I'urnoul, joins the river of
29 <* Cbnbid abow die ibrt ef AtMlc This rivnr has hen no proper nauM; but k called
30 " San PoOt which, in tlic liinguape of Tibet, sigtiifics great river." From KhlHid>, latut
31 Oollah acconipnnied this river to Ley or Ladauk, ivhich stands on its right bank. Tlis
32 route to Ley would make tiiat city more to the south, and, consequently, nearer to the
33 eonmoB podtion dian lientcnant Macartney has done ; ixit, by an obaervatian which he
34 took with a very coarse instrument, '*for want of an astrolabe," he makes the latitude 37°
35 40' north, which is still iiirth. r north than Mr. Macartney's. From I^y, Izzut Oollnh
36 proceeded to Yarkund ; uud, about eighteen coss to the east of north from Ley, he met the
37 river Shatqwok, wUdi he acoampatded bcyoad the Olader of KhiBudaiiD to 'ib aoiute
38 under the ridge of Carrakoonnn, nearly due nortli of Ley, at the distance of fifteen
39 marches by the toad. Izzut Oollah docs not describe the Glacier, iis forming part of the
40 range of mountains, but as a separate mouniaiu of ice, seen on tlie lelt ui the rmul, two
41 Juarezes before reaching KurrakooRimi, and extending two hundred omr frtan Tibet of
42 Bald to Svrrik KoL Though Izsot Oollah does not speak of the range at ""ow^'H™ at
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