1 1 UEC01AL.M±Ji& ggl
2 Btj/smt iahomniMdiQaihe west by the southern projedion of Wm-
3 a>o JCooeh, <>ftd the eMt..by tfap biUs of the QHnimkhatl. Tbtee
4 mges idso dole it on the north, so a3 to leave hut a iianow Apening
5 into JPtai|)oora ; on the south it has the hills of the Upper Mdmuidfl.
6 ft i0 an nndwkrjng phuBf ebout twenty>five miles long fi'om east to
7 WMtt and twelve from north to aouth. Several long and wide valleya
8 nm down to it from the snmamdiiig mountains, which in other
9 places are inaccessible, not move from their steepneoM .than from the
10 thick woods ''with which they are covcfed. The plain resembles thftt
11 of Feshawer, which it equals in fertility ; wheat is the chief produoe*
12 It is divided by a stream which rises in the southern projection, re-
13 oeives a brook from each of the valleys, and, after joining the
14 Daiinishkool, in the country ot the Upper Momunds, falls into the
15 river of Swaut ahove Hnshtnugger. Tlie two chief towns, Bajour
16 and Xaw;igj e, contain each about one thousand houses. The plain
17 is connectetl with PuTi jt orn by a long valley which jiscends to the
18 latter district; it is caiied Berawul ; part of it is well cultivnted. but
19 the rest is occupied hv a deep ioiest of various trees, anion^r vviiich
20 are the oak, ami jierlKips the cedar The forest Hbouiul^i in wild
21 beasts, and is in most parts so thick, as to exclude ihe i»un, and al-
22 most to keep off the rain. Berawul is distinguished iirom the rest of
23 Bajour, by its having a separate chief. ' •
24 Bi^our belongs to the Afghaun tribe of Turcolaunee, or Turkau>
25 orchards of Mangoe treeH, and filled mth pc^almn toims and flouriBhiqg villi^ee. l^e
26 Bmnlfym fmti rfdit Isffgeit and fiiMSl in India;, sad an i^^reesUe Uttle tof^i
27 call«l Nugcrnn; wherp I was encamped for Rome weeks, contains at lou«t ~ inli ili:-
28 tanta, aUbough it u in no map, and is scarcely heard of bqrond the. limits of Uoiiilcund.
29 •ElwTCi^dnesof the MMMbit at Rampoor, tln|bapa«i'«f ;v]ikfc,|ilase jtifl jrspsiHb
30 dmeof the Berdooraunets. Pushtoo is the principal langui^'-attl one ifW^bi;!]^
31 ■qaare before the Nabob's palace, fair, stron'?, sin*) }intM)«:omo vonn!? mm. sittiiirir or
32 lounging on beds* with that air of idleness aud iadepeMdeuce which distingiuiihei> the
33 BiiiuiBiyee.
34 * It u caiied BiUuudzye, and i» aaid to be a very lofty tree, - like a fir, but with red
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