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3 widi traest ad * mnow canal la aaid to lane nm down the middle
4 Of each; but many of the bees lisve withered, and if thecaoab ever
5 oditedt Ihiagr «ie noir no hmger TisiUe. Hie city is, however, ymy
6 wdl wsatereil by two hagB canals drawn irom the Urghundaobi which
7 are croeaed in diffiBKUt places by Utile bridges. From these canals,
8 amall water-counea ran to ahnooi eveij street in the town, which are in
9 some streets open, and in some under groiind. AH the other streets
10 nm from tlio four great liaznrs. Though narrow, they are all straight,
11 and ahnost ali cross eacii otiier at right angles.
12 The town is divided into many Molvullas, or quarters, each of
13 which belongs to one of the numerous tubes and nations wliich form
14 the inhabitants of the city. Almost all the great Dooraunees have
15 houses in Candahar, aud Hume of theui are bald to be large and
16 elegant. '
17 There are many caravanserais and mosques ; but of the latter, one
18 only nearUie palaoe, usaid to be faandsoma The tomb'Of Ahmed
19 Sfaanh also stands near the palaoe; itianot a large building, but lias
20 a handsome cupola, and ia elegantly painted, gilt, and otherwtae orn*-
21 mented within. It is held in h^ ▼eneratioh' by the Doorannee^
22 and ia an mylum against all enemieii even the King not venturing
23 to toadi » man who has taken rafiige tiiere. VHnea any of tiie great
24 lofdi are discontented, it is common tor them to give out that tiutgr
25 intend to ({uit the world, and to spend their lives in prayer at the
26 tomb of Ahmed Shauh ; and certainly, if ever an Asiatic king de»
27 served the gratitude of his coM!)try', it was Ahmed Shauh.
28 On the whole, Candahar, tiioiifrh it is superior to most of the
29 citif^s in Asia in its plan, i'^ by no means magnificent. It is built for
30 the most part of brick, otten with no other cement than mud. The
31 Hindoos, as usual, have the best houses of the common people, and
32 tliey atlhere to their custoni oi building them very iiigh. Tlie streets
33 of Candahar are veiy crowded from 'noon tOl evening, and all the
34 various trades that have been described at Peahawer, axe also earned
35 on thme, except that of water- adlers, whidi ia hera unnecessary, as
36 iihnfi we ifmtvtwn vnatf where, fumialied with leathern buckets,
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