1 COUKTRY ROUND CAia)AHAR.
2 9mAf dauattexlM^&irmmydayBymmey. The Gunnaeer itsdf k
3 SHHiC, and sometimes ersn mszsby ; many psits of it tie cnltinrted
4 BOd aBM plentaftil raturns to Hie hmbudmsn. ' In those spots, «i»
5 oMtles wad -Ibftified villages, but the ^^reater part is cormd widi
6 herbage, mshos sod tsmsrish boshes, among which are meny campt
7 of ^Tiepherds.
8 To the northward of the desait tract last described Is a hiUy teffoa
9 dependent on the Ptupopamisan nnge. It difos greatly horn the
10 countrira we have hitherto been considerini^ bttng formed of rang^
11 of hills including fertile plains. The hills arc covered with woods of
12 the shnee tree, the wild almond, wild fig, wild pomegranate, the ori-
13 ental plane and the walnut tree. The plains are rich, are well
14 watered by calirecsc-. and spriiifrs. and produce abundance of wheat,
15 barlev, and rice, together wit!) madder and the artiticial grasses. The
16 wild trees of the plains are tamarisk and mulberry, and a few willows
17 and poplars, but the numerous orchards are conijioscd of all the
18 fruit trees of Europe. Many pastoral camps are ali,o ibund in thb
19 tract, probably in the hilly parts of it j and though it contains many
20 good villages, yet a great proportion even of the agricultural inhabi-
21 tants live in black tents. The climate is :il\v;i\ s temperate, but in
22 winter the northern pails suffer from cold. Zeiueendawer, tiie most
23 westerly part of this division of the country, deserves particular men-
24 tion on account of its fertility. It is joined on the north-west by
25 8eeabimd, a momtainous tegum aboonding in oool and grassy Tal-
26 Hes» whidiy Ihoagli it bdongs to the lymunee Eimauk, leqinres to
27 be mendoned here^ as aflbrding a aummcr retreat to so iaige a
28 paopottion of the Dooraonee shephegda.
29 llieooimtiynMmd Candahair is level, naturally of tolsndble fertilii^,
30 ' irrigated both liywateMNuaea fiom the riven and by cafareeaes* and
31 nostindnstrioudyeuHtvated. It in consequence abounds with grain,
32 sod its gardens contain good vegetables and eiceUent ftuit i besides
33 melons, cucombers, &c which are cultivated in the fields, as i» usual
34 in Khorassaun. Madder, assafoetida, spusta (lucerne) and shuilal
35 (a lliild of dover) are also ahwndanfc The tohaooo of. Candahar ha»
36 II
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