1 ^blaiLJEE COUNTRY. ' 4^
2 These ii^ Mn^ other ndns of less tiotei tuaoag which are 4ihe
3 tomhil of Behlole Dauna (01^ Bddole the Wise) and that of Hukeem
4 SunaneeKa poet still greatly esteemed id Persia ; but nothing remains
5 to shew the lAagpSfioesaot of Uie palaces, of the Gaznavide kings
6 (which at one time were tlie lesidenoe o£ Ferdausee, the Homer of
7 Asia), or of the mosques, baths, and caravaiiseras, which once adorned
8 th^ capital of the East. Of all the antiquities of Ghuznee^ the most
9 useful is an embankment across a stream, which was built by Mali-
10 moofl, and which, though damn^ed by the tury of the (xhoree kings
11 at the capture of Ghuznee, still supplies water to the fiolils and i^ar-
12 dens round the town. Tlie immediate environs ot the city are
13 inhabited by Taujiks ftiul Hazaurehs ; and the valley whicli ia conti-
14 guous to them on the north, belongs to the Wurduk.s ; but the country
15 between the hills which bound that valley on the ea^t, and the moun^
16 talus of Solimaim b inhabited by the Ghiljies. It is crossed by several
17 Mgh rai^ges of UBb: iMt among them aie finmd the rich valley of
18 Ckndais (iHiidi cortaifia • tosni- of many himdied hoMes) ; the
19 pun of Klmnnnir, and tbe ttai mofe 0ittmm»9-^kmid of ZuamioA
20 and Logof. Theee diatricta aw auRoimded withUiDa, lmt4M:ftrtai^
21 fim, ■ thocg^ a hgge pqrtkm of ihB infcahitMita ane Tmnj/Sa z hogsat ii«
22 dmdadbetweeiitbe<3lii$wa«id11ie l^gik tribe of Bomikee^ faot
23 .Allamoer on die east of Logmv wd the ha^ cold iiaaen'valkj'af
24 %>eiga, which runs up fifom Lognr towards the ridge of Mimwm,
25 affbrd pasture to the flocks of -the C&i]|ie dan of Ahmeds^ The
26 Inghly cultivated lands for twenty miles round CSaobid jm ooenpied
27 4)oth by CMiilJiea and Taujiks, but the numbera and mamiera of 4faa
28 Taujiks prevafl, and the whole is formed iiilo a aqparate gov^nmanft
29 distinct from the Ghiljies ; I shall, however, notioeiit intliisplaoe^ as
30 it is situated in the midst of the Ghiljee lands.
31 Tlic city of Caubul is enclosed on three Bides by a semicircle of low
32 hills, along the top of which runs a weak wall. There is an opening
33 towards the east, wliirh is enclosetl by a rampart, and heix the prin-
34 cipal road enters through a gste, after passing a bridge over Uie river.
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