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2 CHAP. VL
3 ANIICALS, YJBOETABLES, AND MINERALS OF AFOHAUNISTAUN.
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5 T CAN bjno m«HU prebend to give a ioU aoooimt of the antmiib ef
6 the ooimtries I am deacribing. I dull 011I7 mentioo a £bw that I
7 have heavd withoat tahhig it upon me to nj that I have not
8 omitted more than I have stated.
9 The lioDt ihoof^ ab common in Fenia, and lately found in such
10 nnmben in Gnieiat and in ^ Huniana»naith-iwe0t of Belly, is veiy-
11 me m A^jfaannifltann. The'odj place irheate I have heard of liont,.
12 ia in the hiUy country about Caubul» wad there they are small and
13 iraah; oompared to the African lion. I even doubt whether they aie
14 liona.
15 Tsgen are found in most of the countdea eaat of the range of Soli-
16 mamiy and it is there that leopards are moat common. They are^
17 )ioiwever» to be met with in moat of the woody.parta of Afghauni-
18 ataun.
19 Wolves, hyaenas, jackalls. foxes, and liurcs, ;irc common every
20 where. Tlic wolves are particularly tbrniidable during the winter in
21 cold countrief?, whtii (litv form into troops, frequently destroy cattle,
22 and somt times even attack men. Hyaenas never hunt in liodies, but
23 th( V Mill sometimes attack a bullock singly; and both they nnd the
24 wolves always make great Iiavoc among the sheep. Hares are kept
25 for the market at Caubul, and two sell for a rupee.
26 Bears arc very common in all the woody mountains, but they sel-
27 dom quit their haunts, except where sugar-cane is planted, whidi
28 t^pts them into the cultivation. Th^ are of two kinda, one of
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