1 COHISTAUN££&
2 818
3 Hie Taigiki are most numvoiii iboHt totak TSm^ eoukpoab Htm
4 principal part of the popubituai rtand CndMl* Cam3ltibm Gknmtat
5 Herant, and Buikh ; while, in wild parts of the country, as in that of
6 the Hasaurehs, and those of the •ontheni Ghiyiesand Cmken, limn
7 b scarcely a Taujik to be fiNtnd.
8 I haye hitfaorto been speaking of those intemixed with the Af-
9 f^mam. Those who live in diadnct eocietiea are all in retired and
10 luaiUBiiiblu parte of the country ; and they differ from the test in
11 many other particulars. The first of those, which I am to mention^
12 is the dass who are called Cohistaunees, and who inhabit the Cohi-
13 staun of Caubul. This country is surmounted on the north and east
14 bv the snowy ridges of Hindoo Coosh, and its sourhcm projection.
15 On t ho west, it comprehends part of the Paropainisim rairii^e, and la
16 bounded l)v the country of the Hazaurehs : on the south, it yinks into
17 the Cohdautriiin, already described. The Coiiistaun in composed of
18 three long valleys, Nijrow, Pimjsheer, and Ghorebund, into which
19 open innumerable narrow and rocky jjlens, whence many little streams
20 issue, and uniting in the principal valiies, Ibnn the rivers that bear
21 their names. These streams are crossed bv wooden bridges ; and
22 their banks arc naturally the be.st cultivated puiL of the country. They
23 bear but a tiaiail proportion to the mountains, which are high, steep*
24 and covered with firs. The cultivated parts yield wheat, and some
25 other gruns ; and, what is surprising in so elevated and cold a n^on,
26 they produce tobacco* and even ootton. But the groat sobsiftBiio* of
27 the people ia dmi^ fiom tfaar.rametoot and fliteiutvie pkntetions
28 of innlbeny Izeea. TliofiiittofdiiBtmiBdriodiDllio'siiBtaifed'tfaeii
29 grduiid into fldnrt of wbidi faead k niade. If we judge ittfm the
30 appeaianoe of tlie Gobutannees* Uie food ii wboleioiiie^ and, by a
31 eakiiieftioo of Mr. Imne's, ii can support a &r greater ntimber of
32 people in a given space liiaD 'ooiild be mamtwiied by tiUi^ * Thaaijtk
33 llie population be a good deal scattered, it ia ooDaidera|>lek and its
34 ■undien aiegenenUj stated to amoimt to 4(MXX>fiun3iefer One pert
35 eftheCohistaiiD'ia tobeeBEcqptedfiN»iliiiadeacf%^ Ebalittle
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