1 430 DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY.
2 there is little reason to regiei the unpatubility of mmigning wHh pre-
3 cision the shares cf the two tribes.
4 Hie country comprehended within these limits is VMrioiis. The
5 valley of the Tumuk, enclosed between the Paropamisan mountains
6 on its north-west, and the hilLs which run from Mooker to Kellace
7 Abdoo Rehcem on its south-c;iHt, is a plain diversified by swells and
8 hollows ; its leno;th is upwards ol sixty mik-s. ;ind its breadth under
9 twenty. It is high and ill watered, and the la^i defect increases with
10 its height) so that neai iVlookkoor, it is scrarcelv fittetl either for agri-
11 culture or pasture ; of the remainder, the central part on the river is
12 partially cultivated ; beyond that, on each side is unfertile ; it is
13 covered with bushes «lone»hM few QJaeeies, mdfiwmyillsges, and
14 is only used as pasture land m aaminer* bj tribes who wididnw to
15 edier eUmates when the cold sets in. The villages which have
16 flourished in this district} sofleied greatly in -the Ghiljie rebetUoii»
17 and are now in a state of decay $ Kdaut, the largest of them, which
18 le consideMd as a town* and is the residence of - the chief of the den
19 of Tohheei contains only two or three bundled houses. The hordiefa
20 part under the hiUsy affinds more gyasi* md is fiiU of camps in tlM
21 aeason.
22 The tract dependmit on the Paropamisan monntnns, is inhabited
23 by predatory Tokhees, and, from the character of the inhabitants,
24 one would expect it to be rough and poor ; it seems, accordingly, to
25 be composed ol hills destitute of water, and perhi^s of soil, with
26 vallevs too narrow to admit of much cultivation. The inhahitanti
27 hve m tents, an<i are supported by their flocks.
28 To the south of the range of hills which runs from Mookkoor lo
29 Kellace Abdooreheem, is a tract of country, of which the pait to the
30 north of the 32d parallel of latitude, is crossed by hills enclosing
31 plains, which in many places are watered by CahrecioSj and in ottMcs
32 support nnmeioua biNNles of shepherds. Among the bat cultivatod
33 WfotB, ere HuUatauglit GhoQudann, and ftantonyes init Kellaoe Ab-
34 doeiebeem Khaun done deserves particular noiioe» aa being the capital
35 of the dan of Hotukee^andthechiaf fortofthedescendantiof the-
36 Digitized by Googl