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2 been described: south of it, i8;tfa0 plain of Csubul, which is spofaoi
3 enchmtf.ing by all who have seen it. It has the Patopamisaii
4 mountains on the west, part of the Cohistaun on the north, the vailej
5 of the Caubul river, and the hills of Ningrahaur and Logur, connected
6 with the range of Solimaun on the east. To the south, it opens on a
7 long valley aacending towards Ghuzneo. the cfi cHd r part ol which is
8 inhabited by the Afghaim tribe orWiinluk. On tin' west, this valley
9 has the Taropaniisan range; and on the east, it has ditfeitfit hranclies
10 of the range of" Solimaun, including vailies, of which the principal
11 are Logur, Speiga, Kimrwauii, and ZoonnooL The three first slope
12 towards the river of (xhiiznee ; but the water of Zoorinool runs intd
13 the Aubistaundeh. All the streams west of the range of Mummye,
14 north of Ghwaushteh, south of Ghuznee, and &ist of the {Parallel of
15 Mookkoor^ run into the same lake f so that the ooaniti^ within those
16 ]miitB»-fi)niia«ban fiee fiom failis,. and modeiateljrftitlle»<on tlia
17 kiglieBt patt of an dbvated phin. Tliia aatnnl <y viskm inclindari
18 Vtmny litdedl8tfkla» of which the principal, beginning from th* floatb«
19 are Ghwaushtdb* Kuttawam* Mvbolndb .fihibmri -C^tuni^ anil
20 • Hmm ii no maikfid ll]iiit.betwwa the bason of the AnbiataiidBl^-
21 «ad the eonrt^ want of ihe ineiidian of Hookhoor ; ihehrfier»' ho^
22 €vitr>'has a westesn nchnatMNi* ■
23 It is indodadbefcwoen the Paropamisan moimtains sod the range of
24 Khcg^ Amrann, mtA may be divided into the talleyof the Uigbe»»
25 saun, that of the Tumuk, and the high country between those mank
26 The former is not broad, nor remarkably fiertile : it slopes to the north-
27 west It is inhabited by Doorraunees ; and the mouth of it extends
28 to the neighbourhood of Candahar. To the south-east of it, is a hilly
29 and pastoral country, extending to Shoraiibuk. Tlie country between
30 the Urghessann and Turniik. is composed of the ranges of MookkoOf:
31 and Torkaunee, and the plains which i liey enclose.
32 The general slope of the valley ol" Turnuk, from Mookkoor to
33 Kelauti Ghiljie, is to the south-west. It also shelves towards the river
34 firom the Paropanii»an mountains, and from the high land before men-
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