1 36g COUNTRY OF -mE MEEAUNKHAIL.
2 imem the ihoit range of liiUs juife mentiomd mSi the hiAn, five the
3 iMDiiO tribe of Khywoie.
4 Bamann proper, whidi liea to'the.aboth hi iikt Murwiilii mad ai^
5 tMids along the fooi of -die Solimsmiy nHwnrttiffWy then iiihahitiiMl hy
6 Viaeagflca, 8iieai«imeea» and j^mnnneea, ia cqnal Jaigdi with
7 MnekdwaadU but of -fariooa breadth^ froet aighl ^ ^ mflea to
8 ihifty'md tipwanla It » mliabited Jbgr ibe DDwlnlUiail and Qm^
9 dehpobra, theHieiMiiildiai], Bnbooia, and^fltbgreeaunaoa, iikidi tfib«^
10 witb- tbe exception of tiie Chmdekpoor, ane- induded'ia llie yaiai
11 Wameof 'LdMumee. Hie EMokhai),- Jfuiwutat and Kh^raaoraa akn
12 are comprehended mder this denominatioi^ Immediately to die
13 aouth of theMuiwota* are the Gundafapoora and' DBRiiiitidiaai» of
14 which the former are moat easterly. .. .»
15 Their country is ) ike Muckelwaud, but better aidtinitedf 'paKticiH
16 iarly that of the Dowlutkhail, which in ordinary ye^teniplogra «U
17 Ae water of the Qomul in its cultivation. The Gundehpoors lucre
18 several large villages, of which the chief are Colauchee, Tidnniimk
19 ttid Lowee. Tuck is the chief town of the Dowlutkhail.
20 Weet of the Dowlutkhail are the Tuttores, Meeaunees, Bitneea*
21 and some other small tribes subject to the Dowlutkhail ; th^ coun«i
22 try resembles that just described, but ia more and, and wocae cold-
23 vated, and towards the west it is hilly.
24 Tlte <ivvdt road to Caubul runs pjist Tuck. It follows tlic course
25 of the Gomul tbi a considerable diatance* and ia 4aalied tiom one
26 pass in it, The Hoad of (Tfuilarie.
27 To the south of tlie Dowlutkhail, are the Meeaunkliail, who^
28 country is a little less flat than those X have been djescribiii^ aod^
29 whose r1iitf]jl are is Deraubund. . • •-
30 The chief road from Candahar issues from the hiiis at Zirkunnee
31 near Deraubund. It goes by Zawa, Uirough a mountainous and diffi^
32 cult country.
33 To the south of the Meeaunkhaii, is the country oi the Bimboors,
34 resembling that just described. The valley of Deheneh opt ns on it
35 firom. the rai^ of Solimaun, aod pours out a stream which wataia
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