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2 HELMUND. 115
3 ' Hie Gfoonil Tbes M Dooidiellj to the MKith.of Sbnliaj and aeeiiif
4 fiiH to nan aontli-wieBt It aoonionn HMtlii and continuea in tlutt
5 course to Domundee. It there receives the stream of Mummjr^ and
6 the Coondoor, which rises in the neighbourhood of Temra. From
7 this plac^ the course of the (romul is easterly to Sirmaugha, where
8 it is joined by the Zhobe, a stream little infeiior to the Gromul itsctf,
9 which rises in the hill of Kund, east of Burshore, and runs through e
10 country, to which it gives its name. A little to the east of Sirmaugha,
11 the Gomul pierces the mountains of Solimaun, passes Rugluceet end
12 fiartilizes the lands of Doulut Khail, and Gundehpoor tribes.
13 Allthetormer part of its course is tbrouL'li uninlmliitetl motintains.
14 The stream is everywhere fordable, except when swelled with rain,
15 , and even then the water soon runs off.
16 Difierent streams issue from the mountains at Zirkmiee, Derau«
17 bund, Choudwa, and Wukwa. They all run through valleys ; and, the
18 two last, completely pierce the range of Solimaun ; one rising in
19 Spusta, and the other in the Moosakhail country, both west of the
20 range. The two last reach the Indus, when swelled with rain.
21 The greatest of the rivers, which run through the west of A%hau-
22 nifltflon, ia the Hebnund, or Etymander. It liaea wt Gohee &ba»
23 twenty or thirty nitea weat of Caubul, on the eaatem edge of-tiia
24 PluOpaonaan ntt^ It luna through thoaemoiaitehia for upwarda. of
25 two handled mOear wad then isauea into the cuhivifted pUdna of the
26 Doonumeeai - Hik tract, however, ia not at the pUwe alluded to, of
27 any greet breadth} and the Hellnund aoon entera e deaart, -which
28 estenda -to ita termination in the lake of Seestaun. Hie. immediate
29 hanka Of the Hdmmid, and the coontrjr within half a mile or emile
30 of them» ate eveiywhere lertfle^ and, in moat plaoea, waU eohivated.
31 - 'The iHiole loigth of the courae of the Hehnni^ ia about four hundred
32 miles. Though fordable for moat pert of tiie year throoghout the
33 whole of ita coarse, the Helraund is rtill a considerate streun : even
34 in the dry seaaon, it ia breaat deep at the fords nearest to the place
35 where it leaves the mountaina; and, at the time of the melting of the
36 imowa, il^ ia « deep end rapid river. Beaidea the riven which will be
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