1 iboahtii^ Kl»ni» tihe pe«k in Bedoot- Taugh, wllieh contaim the
2 lomee of like Qsus. Umb Kmiwlihiftr li^ iatues torn the
3 ridte of ihe-pedcy aod ii divided ftom Che Oxob bjHie chain' of Belodi
4 IVni^ wUch nms aleog its Ti|^ bank w Gooah^ ani
5 on its left» is the ^ountiy of KaniiUiaort fiom wiudi it d^f«a ili
6 aamft After paasmg Hindoo Cooah, it liia * on itarig^
7 fiton fiNMU that mountain, bo often mentroned bcfixet On ila left, it
8 has moontains perall^ to dut prq^ectbUf of great height^ hat-not
9 bearing petpetual inofr. It then passes through" the hilly country
10 beneath the great ranges, and rushes, with wpriamg iriolence, into
11 the vallej of the Caobul liver. I give that name, in oonformity to
12 former usage, to a river, formed by different stieama, unitii^ to the
13 East of Canbul. Two of the most considerate come from Hindoo
14 Coosh, through Ghorebund and Punjsheer, and derive their names
15 from those distnct«i, Thpv join to the north of (^aubul j and pursue
16 a south-€'a.steriy course, till tlu v reach Haiirt okaub. A stream httle
17 inferior to those just mentioned, comes trom the west of (-rhuznee,
18 and is joined to the east of Caubul by a rivulet, which rises in the
19 I Paropamisan moimtains iu the hill, called Cohee Baba. This rivulet
20 I alone passes through Caubul, and may be said to have given its name
21 to the whole river. • '
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24 of the eleviitwl tract, which extends fi>r three marciies on the highest part of the amntrv
25 between Yorkund and Ley. llie source of th« liva of Ywrkund is divided by the rklgie
26 from the Shauyook, and distant dghtetfn mardm front Tarirand, m a Arectioa lb tlig^Mt
27 «f iooth. It is obviotik that this uccouiit of thelndiu agrees entirely with Mr. MacartMjr'ik
28 exrrrt tfint it makes the .ShauytxJi haTC it* source in Mooz Taugh, and not in the lake
29 ol Surik Kul. There in another ap|)arent dtsagreoneat, which it is not difficult to remove,
30 bnt OoDah pmmtd dmNi{g|b Ili«m% afaont ibc con norlih-cait of Mutalqren; hnt leavd
31 nodung of the janction of the liw of Ladank wiA the Indus, stated by Mr. Macartnqr
32 to take place tiear the town of Draus. It is howevw evident from Ixxut Oollah's account
33 of the river of Lwlauk, that, unless that stream' alters its course after passing KhiiUcb, it
34 iiMiit floir 'at no great distance to the loudiwaitl of the point where he crMwd^dietrlet of
35 Draus ; and it is, therefore, more probable than ever dwt the jvtedan ftated tien tenant
36 llMeitiMj takes place in the south of that district.
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