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2 . GRAINS USED 1 OR FOOD. aOt
3 }itmBiUUM9}ti^hmp^lmA mcip6mK b'fi^oMr,! Smoorai
4 tiM eamatry of tbei^iper Moiiiimd% that «f- tfae Ownhlrtmil, Chucli
5 «id Ltk (an ttmiMMt the Indus), and Mockalwaid (in DnABi]ii}i tfaii
6 moit inqptfrtnt harvest is that which 14 roiipod in samnier $ and itf dl
7 those countries wheat is the dbief grain sown. In Peshawer^tlieBku^puii
8 mid Jai^ee countries, Damaun and Ksaalrhsil, the harvests are aaarlj
9 equal ; but in the i:est of the eastern coinitiMB» that which is reaped
10 m witimro is most important. In the couutiy of the Kharotees, theid
11 is but «ne harvest in the year, which b sown at the end c£ one
12 autumn, and reaped at the beginning of another ; and this magT-dk*
13 most be said of Kuttawauz, and of some high countries in that neigU-;
14 bourhood ; but the Hazaureh country, and in general all the coldesli
15 parts of A%bannistaun. and tlie neighbourmpi; kingdoms^ SOW thflis
16 Qulv harvest m s]M-iiii.% and reap it in the end of niitniYin.
17 There is another t-ovi of riiltivation, to wliiih great importance is
18 attached in Afghaunistaun, and which is always counted for a distinct
19 liar\ L«t, under the name of paulaiz. It comprehends musk meloits,
20 wattT melons, tlic scL-nted melon, willed dustumbo, and varioiis sort:^
21 of cucumber!*, pumpkins, and gourds. It is most abundant about
22 towns. Its produce is every where grown in open fields like grain.
23 The i.orta of corn, wliicli lia\c been cnumeraLcd, are used in xery
24 different proportions, mid are applied to various purposes. Wheat
25 is the food of the people in the greatest part of the countty. Barley
26 is commonly given to horses ; nukhod, whidiiis Ased'ftar that purpose
27 in India, being only cultivated in snudl quaotitifla filr' ailbnn^ pur-f
28 poses, as is Jthe caae with moat of ifae otksr lindf of pulim. -^Aiaoit
29 and gsii aid pnaohmed fir Jihsail . Indiaa coato is.nsed fer Ihtiaamii
30 purpose at Feshawer and the nci^bouifaood ; hot,, in dss 5iesti' it is
31 only plantad in gaidens, snd -tlie! heads aie nahtedf and eaten -now
32 and then as a lunzy. Bsjieh tsibnndiisgieatjjttantiticsmDataavn^
33 and it is the prindpal grain, of the menntainaua tEatot- soulhi n£ :the
34 eonntries of. the Hnngwslif and Khnttok. Neltfaar it'novJawilniBe'ji
35 w<di'onUivi|tedhitheweitof A^hMHdstaun,. tli9«|^ the lst*fr^ Ji
36 (hfedunf grain ef .BoUiaiinL Bice ia:ifydnd:.lD nmsl .partd
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