1 p
2 996 TRADE.
3 Mi'tltaenoe carried by kod to the-A^lwiiii eoanfeiy, iribM ii U ntiy
4 much used.
5 The exports to Cliinesc Tonrkaitattii az^ nearly the same as those
6 to Bokhaura. The imports an woollens of a particular kind, fa»infft
7 mSkt and satin» tea, , (in amall boxes of thin leacU china, porcelun, raw
8 silk, cochineal, crystal, gold dust, golden ingots, and yamboos of
9 sil%'er, with the Chinese stamp. Tlie trade with Cauferistaun, need
10 scarcely be moutionefl. If consists of wine, vinegar, clieese, and
11 clarified butter, which aif l)artered on the frontier ibr Indian and
12 Caubui cloth, salt, cowTies, pewter, and tin. Some slaves are ])ro-
13 cured from the Cauiers in tlic same nxajuicr. Slaves ace also imported
14 £rom Arabia, Abyssinia, &c. to the ports- in Sind.
15 It is obvious, that in a kingdom so di\ i-rsitied, a fftio<l deal of inter-
16 nal trade must pre\nil. The principal articles carried i'vom the
17 western provinces to those in the east, are woollens, fiirs, ni;ulder,
18 cheese* cooroot, and some manuikctures ; sudii as Heraut carpels,
19 and the finer articles of dress or equipment for the great. From the
20 East «re carried the iMugeesy silk, and chmtze of MooUaim ; the
21 mixed silk and cotton doths of BabawalpofMr ; together with Indigo^
22 end, perhaps, tome eotttin. .I|«m b eiq^ortod fiem iJm mounlauMMis
23 mi^ff^ wlii^ is distinginshwi fbc producing that mineNl; aUum and
24 miifkaott &om GsUa Bbnig^s hoises» fiom Bulkh i end oDooft nuts.ind
25 dates from Belochestiauni ' -
26 IbeharMtnde^ leqwzesafeirirov^ Agreet
27 jnumber of liatses aie ttinually sold in lihe nottk of huSak under the
28 naiiieof Guibul horses, and in the west, ander that of Gandahar
29 hones; but almost the whole of tibese eoihe from TcMMrkistaun. . No
30 heiMS are bred at Caubui, except by men of property for their own
31 use, nor are the horses bred about Candahar exported. Some c£ the
32 fine horses of the -neighbourhood of Heraut are coun-
33 tries, but few or none to Iiylie. A good many horses are exported
34 from Belochestaun, as are some of the fine breed found on both sides
35 of the Indus, to the north of the sslt range.' fiut» by &r the greatest
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