1 30$ mSTOBY OF THE DOORAUNEE&
2 bdoD^qg to Bnsiksye KIuriii9» but bj &r die grmtor pact flf ike
3 ]iih«faitatttt«eptflonL Iteiid8tO:tfaec«9tin t rtafjeiof hOKid^
4 Mpaiate Jt' from a hi^ plauit "fltlD. inhalntad I17 Doowimfiwii iad
5 wateted hj the upper'oouxse of the Ui^gbeMaim* aod bj the Snlch
6 YesooDt-fiom irfaich itraim the cduntiy Tteeives its aaiiia -It iindl
7 Boited to pasture but little coltivated.
8 The wild aniiQab of the Doonmiiee coimtiy ns /wolvn^' hyaenas,
9 jackalls, icaes, htfOy wad many kinds of deer and' aafeelope* In the
10 hills there are bears and ]eopaidfl» andim ibe Gnimaeer (on the Hel-
11 mund) are manj wild boan ahdgorekhars or wild asses. The wild
12 birds are eagles, hMrka^' and some othei' large birds pi.jpttj, . tSftnaad
13 (in spring)* wild geeae^ and. wEd dndcs, storks and cranes, ovrls^ otemt,
14 tmggfeM, pigeons, cupks soosees t» &c. &c The tanie ani-
15 mals are camels, buflyoes (but not numerous, and chi^y to befoiind
16 on the Heimund and near Candahar), horsfis, mtdes, and asses ; black
17 cattle, shcpp, and goats, dogs and cats. The tame birds are fiiwJ%
18 pigeonjs, and rarely, ducks and gee^ro.
19 Such \s the country of' the DoorauiiL'e»s, a tribe which still rules the
20 whoie ot tlu' Algiiaun nation, who^r u;o^ cniment has been obeyed
21 from the IK ffrhbourhood of the Caspian si ;i lo that of the Ganges,
22 and the effects of whose power has been felt over Persia and Tartary,
23 and even at the remote capital from \\ liich I write these pages. '[
24 The Dooraunecs were formerK cillcd the AbdauUes, tili ^Vhnied
25 Shaoh, inconsequence of a drearn ot the famous saint at Chunikimee,
26 changed it to Doorauaec, and took himself the title of Shauh Dooree
27 Dooraun. I have been able to learn little or iu>Uuiig of their early
28 history : some accounts describe the mountains of Toba as tlieir mo^
29 antient abode : more numerous traditions repres^it them as having
30 deaoended mto the plains of Khorasssmi, fiom^die mountains of
31 • Thenii»Utdiiilikbkcdkd«Ucoi»l7dM «il fli^xaiw by Aa a«)U^
32 in Bengal.
33 A bird of the iame tfpedes wiUi the last, but smaller.
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