1 8 great reputation. The country near the hills ia probably the nidat.
2 fertile, and that round the town beat caltiraitedi the ooilQtfy to the.
3 wat fa mdy at no great dfatance fitm the dty» and-'liiat ta tha
4 aoirili beooDiea dij and impiodiictive a nmuh. of Gmdahn:.
5 that to the eaat is fertile and much better coldyated than the rest of
6 the valley of the Tumiik, which will heieafter be described.
7 The principal feature of die aooth-eaat of the Doormmee country,
8 which alonoTenuuna to be described, fa the cfann of Khridh Atnnmi*
9 Ih&t thoi^ not ft mountain of the fint laiik, fa ha^ to bear'
10 vow Sat three iiioiitfas» and to be: coild all the yean.. U fa' c&idfly
11 mhidiifted by ahepheids who bdoog to the Adinkf^e den of Doom
12 raonees. Its snnmiils and aidea aboond in dinee trees and » sort
13 gignlae iTpiess, called by Ihe A^jbflUBS obw Judgn^ by the:
14 wiUness. of the inhsbitants, and Hieiz ptedatofy habita» one would:
15 ■appose these hills very difficult of aoceaa f bu^ thouf^ atoep on the
16 lonth oast side^ I believe they »1ope gradually down to the oountry Oft
17 their nortib-west, and are cultivated in diffisrent places from near the
18 sununitto the foot. The Dooraunee country, in the direction of
19 tbfa itnge, begins to the north-east of Shoraubuk, where it is sandy
20 md w^rodnctive. Further north and east, it has well-watered spots
21 among barrm hiUs. Of this nature is Rabaut, a tract, oovCTed with
22 tamarisk, supporting many flocks, and yielding some grain. Still
23 further to the north-east, the sand ceases and is succeeded by a rug-
24 <jed ;iml stonv country, in which are some streams and some plains of
25 tolerable tertil it V. The most remarkable of these is Mnrglia, where
26 is- the castle of Ahmed Khaun Noorzye, and which is watc i (nI hv the
27 stream of Cu d don ve ; most of this tract is well adapted to paMhiro.
28 Oil the southern side of the range of Khojeh Amraun, op])()site to
29 IVIurgha, lies Toba, au extensive country, the west of whi( li belongs
30 to the Achukzyes, while the eastern part, which extends almost to
31 Zliobe, belongs to the Caukers. To the north of Murgha, lies
32 Urghessaun, so called liom the river which waters it. It is a valley
33 of tolerable fertility between high hiUs. It is full of Tamarisks, is
34 partially cultivated, and contains a considerable number of castles
35 8x9
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