1 HARVESTS' OF Al^OUAUNISTAUN.
2 eombqiipaj of •'kbtfuRr ik^imailiiiiidraddiiiM {tkotk 'Sampnad
3 !ial^enny)'fl>i^yy with itoiL . 'In>€«id8liair k moonti io iStuee (Bim-
4 hees and twelve denaun* wbkh » between n^penee haUpenny mj^
5 flvrnpcnoe: . Tb ihew^fh^'ieal itandmife'ef tfaia pm^f H iameomiry
6 to state, that at Gaubol a Shaiihee will bv^ five poouda of wiMntflMiiv
7 aiid m tfae coimtly-pcriiBp8-half'4» mudi agaok ' At Mhcwer, the
8 pride of eiieat floor- Ws (eM to die Britidi Mmiob) as low aa
9 a0?eiiiy«aiK poynda far.tlie>nipi9e( ao that tfae condttion .<if Ihif daai.
10 of Incn moat be'Tely aopericrtothaftof theaikiie daaa i&h!idia» e^fen
11 If the dsflfyanoe of ditiiele be allowed £>r. ..
12 The ooDdaioh oT Ae TtllHhewiU'be ftltjr
13 the 'Ema&fBKi and ddier tiibea'«lhflna> vUlaiiiage prevails. .
14 There arc two harvests in the year in mOfli parts of AfghaunistaiBb
15 Ofie of these is sown in the end of autumn, and reaped in summ^.
16 It consists of wheat»berkty*f Addus (£rvum ]fln8)^«ad Nnkliod (eioflr
17 Arietiaum), mth-aoRie pews and bean& '
18 : The other is sawn "m Ihe end of spring, and leiqped in autumn. It
19 ecNMists of rice, ArjEunf (Panicum Italicum, or Millet), Gall (Pani-
20 emn Miliacum), Jowauree (Holcus Soi^huin), Bajreh (Htrfeua Sjpia^^t
21 tus)> Indian corn and Maush $ (Fhaseolus Mungo).
22 .. Tlie former han est, whidi is called the BehisiureH or spring hai«^
23 vest, is by far the most important in alJ the west of Atghaunistaun ;
24 diat is, in the countries went of the Solimaimee range. In the east,
25 the other har\ est, whicli is calletl the 1' uiizeh |: , or Tcemiauee har-
26 vest, ; may perhaps be the most considerable on the whole } but this,
27 t " * Tkece are called in India Musoor mid Chuniuu
28 . t CtlkA In Imiui C3«d» and Cut^inee.
29 1 Called in India Mbong., . Tbe gl«n odkd Ooid in Indim k «bo indwded mte
30 nils namc^
31 ^ From the Feiaian word Bdumr, « ^Nnqg." In InHi^ 'a i« ^ JUriibfe
32 harvest.
33 I Mi SMMit ««.4UI«i dw ka( «id TMfnMb wrtMn; this crap i« calkd
34 Kkmf in India.
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