1 MERIDIAN OF CANDAHAft.
2 4iac2iq{iiiiM fiNjm the denrt in mhaA, th^f barte. . Th» vlult
3 Mmft approadiet to ih» mtaie of a demt The fonthBrn paiti m»
4 •ndj, md tiia notthem cammt of hard emth* miiiwi ■omgtimieiwith
5 fDcte hud- ofwwkh loir hllki bntattisaqnaUy iiii|«odiidlvo.^
6 ft traa it to be fiMilid m die wliolo ccgion, lint the plains ve .wared
7 widk km biiihet ; of - which the prim^pal are llioae called- jons aiid
8 iaMath.hy^ A^^l^luaMi «idt«Pp]owtt btuheB.fEom which: kali is
9 pitodBDed. YetthfadiicoigagingjtK)deialy iw:iBeap(i ,dearitiito <rf
10 kihabifaiita. The banks of the Fucrah RMid» the' Ehwuh foodt and
11 other str^xoB, are well cultivotedf'jfebd piodDee wheat, barley, pulsar
12 aMd abnndanee of exeelknt melons. "Ena at • distanoB 6Bom lim
13 8treaiiM» aonse petcfaea of coltivation are wetered by raeana of
14 Cahreezes, and acairce any part of the country, especially <^ the
15 ■OKth* k ao badaa not to affivdherbage and water in the Cool aeaaoB
16 to nmnerous campe of Dooraunees who diive their flocks in summet.
17 nto Saeahbund, the countiy of the Tymunees. There are villaget
18 among the cultivated lands, but none of them are large, and certainly
19 the mass of the inhabitants are scattered over the face of the country
20 in tents. Some parts of Uiis country also, appear to have lost a jrrcat
21 deal of their fertilit\'. The south POTtcrn part of it cfjiitain.s the
22 brooks of Dohree and Cudduii) e, which within the last century were
23 considerable streams thioughoiit the year, but which are now dij
24 eiCcept in spring.
25 The banks of the Helmmid, though within the tract of wliich I
26 have described the limits, must be entirely excepted from all the
27 above obaervations. That river, even after it has left the hills, con-
28 tinues to be accompMiied on each side by a stripe til icrlile and
29 cultivated land, the southern part of which forms the singular country
30 of Gurmseer. This district occupies a hollow stretching along both,
31 banks of the Helmnnd fieen the neighbomhood .of Gizishk to
32 SoGstann* It aeaiea in awtiawit lamea to faaife bean. an arfenaife'tepp*.
33 toxy, and to he?e bean nded brf.aa Indflf^eodent prince } but itianiMr-
34 confined in. gaufel to aqnanteEofB nife on each8id»of the ritery
35 edl ilewUe bieadlfa lie wbere exceeda: tiro Diite
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