1 MOUNTAUIS IN THE SOUTH.
2 mt
3 of 84*, Mid tfafc lionfflMliai s an the south they have Bunnoo, and the
4 Lohaonea of Tknmann. Thej are in two divisionsy vrimh are quite
5 dbrtinct, tbofi^ llio diM an oooiii^
6 Tbo Khnttnlka are probabty oveMiilod hj tiie A^mduii hIki
7 radcoii tb0 aoitlicsRi divSaioii at tan tlioiBind, and tiio ao»tttihmi at
8 iwutean 'liiodHBid ftmiliai; The Uiauna in- both dtririons haw
9 great power amt their dam, hut the mMthom diviaiaii it as amcb
10 •nbfeot to fihe King, as the tiihas of Mhaiaer i ivhile the aooliheni
11 Khann, secwied by hia nKwmtams, maintains a greater dycc of m»
12 dependenoeb
13 . The people of the northern dan are praised for Aeir hOBcky -and
14 their oidevly oondnct th^ are taUj frtdl-iooldng, and ftiier tfaai^
15 any of the tribea of Mhawer, but m tfieir dress and manners iSHej
16 hm a gieat reaembknoe to the people of India.
17 The eomttiy of the soutiheHi- Khnttwhs - h various, but tilimomi
18 tainous; the southern part is the most so. It consists of stony,' faaneii
19 aountahiSy aepeiiitod by deep and, abrupt valleys, and Is thiidy 'm-
20 habited'by Ae predatory dans of 'Bsnrik and Smighur. It is impose
21 sible to imi^^ncr any thing moie idicary than this part of the country
22 nothing is seen but rude and bare mountsinSt confusedly heaped to-
23 gether, nothing heard bat the salt torrents that rush demn the val-
24 leys. The scene is not rendered less forlorn by the straw hovels
25 winch are scattered by twos and threes on the summits of the moun^
26 tmnB,"ttDd even these are met with but'onc^ 'dr' twice in a space of
27 twenty miles. The savage inhabitant eidier fly from the travelles^
28 Of hovrer on the mountains, watching opportunitieB to attack him.
29 The sight, however, is sometimes cheered by a patdi of com on the
30 fiMse of a hill, or by a green valley discovered far off from a height :
31 the rtarrow valleys, though rough and disfnal, arc romantic ; and the
32 banks of the torrents are sometimes mulpred pleasing by a chimp of
33 wild olives. Further uorth, the countr\ is sfill crossed by ranges of
34 high, steep, and rocky mountains ; but among them are spaciou^; ai^fl
35 well cultivated plains. The principal of these are Maulgeen, Lsuiobee,
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