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2 ' VppmBma^k%/n3kiytbani aixty nuUm kn^ andtaoi too^
3 iiiteen liRMid. Tlie kfvel ground en both rides of the ma !• ei-
4 tnmely fertile
5 LopwarChnatliMabiMMtlll Uiie advukt^^ of Upper fiiraat» wkix
6 tbe additMn of modi gntfter fotilitj. It.uoqiial inkngth tothe
7 etlmv Iml fasowfer $ md it m/bend. by the mum riv«r» die ooune of
8 ^MdkwiadB mate, wadh warn 6e9WmULeti> imgjuJ&im.
9 ' Lower Swant b bogMy pooled* nd 1^ cUef place Allehdnnd, ii
10 ft 'considenible tonm. Swintu divided fiom Booneie by- eteepbSb,
11 tlmdjr fc»i>">>Stoii by Bnbeai» an mbenaidenble tribe of
12 BooMo Is a mgged ooontiyf oomposed of a nmnbar of litdeTtl-
13 leys^ an opening on the river Burrindoo^ wfaidi runs thvongh the
14 ewtie of Booner^ and enters the Indus near Derbend^ about twentj
15 miles above Toibda. The banks of the Burrindoo are tolerably ftr-
16 tile, and produce rice ; but they are not above a mile broed ; some
17 of the wider valleys also produce the better sorts of com, but the
18 general pcoduoe is a small grain called Ghuoosht by the Ai^^uns,
19 and Cungmmee bj the Hindostaunees *. It all depends on rain, and
20 miM^ o£it h grown on the slopes of the hills, which are formed into
21 terraces one above another, and toe odtivated with the hoe. The
22 hiUs which bound Boonere on the north-west, fill up the ^aoe b^
23 tween that valley, Hindoo Coosh, and the Indus.
24 The Judoon'^ en^t of the Indus, possess Drumtore, or Durntour, a
25 narrow vallo\ alono- the rivulet of Door, which runs south-west, and
26 fiills into the Indus near Torbela. The country seems to resemble
27 Juower Swaut, tliough it probably is not so fertile.
28 The mouTitaina are high, and on one side at least, produce oaks,
29 pines, Avalnuts, wild olives, and other hill trees ; but none of the
30 European fruits or flowers are found here, and every tiling begins to
31 have some resemblance to the produce of India. The trees uu the
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