1 ^OBE. 4gl
2 The nil of TnU md QMwIeedlM qpfwan to -feMRiiAilietlii^'Of Soft*
3 wM» but tlie dimate ig nuve finrourable^ andtheciiltivirtaoii vh pflv»
4 hiq^ mora flBDtMulsdp
5 Boree is frequently comgmtedf both in extent and fertility, to the
6 plain of FeehawOT : I hare no oppostmiity of judging of the justice
7 of the comparison ; but it may be preaomod that Boree is fertile and
8 well cultivated, as it is certainly populous, and inhabited entirely by
9 husbandmen. A considerable stream runs through Boree towards
10 the south-west, and the land is wrttcrnd bv some, other brooks, and
11 bv a considerable niinil)er ot" Cahreezes. The productions of the
12 country, and ihe manners oi the pcojilc arc still the «iame as have
13 been described in Kboraasaun, . though the dr^ begins to resemblQ
14 that of India. '
15 Between the hills to the north of Boree, and those on the 68th
16 line of longitude, is Hindoo Baugh, the source of the river Zhobe.
17 From this place the Zhobe pursues a north-easterly course, till it
18 joins the Ciomul at Sirmaugha. I imagine the Zhobe to be at first a
19 small brook in a narrow valley ; it never becomes a considerable
20 str^un, but in m eaily part of its course it dividea an estandre plain
21 ihomkHng in twattisk, partially eii]lifa4ed« and prodncing wbei^
22 berley, rice, and aome otfaev gininB $ but principally grran op to pa#n
23 turage» and scattered with large and nmnecoua campa of AepberdAi
24 Some eeeomitih indeed, represent the whole of thelnfaabitenta m
25 Vmag in tents } while ollien deacribe a iintile traot» ooTeied:^itli
26 eukivfltion and viUagea; md dieae appaient oontiadidiooa caA 'onlj
27 be feconciled, by sappoong Uiem to applj to difleMOt peita Ihia
28 wtaniivB diitncta
29 The lamer course of the Zhobe is through the barren mountains
30 which surroimd the Gomul, and which are all connected with the
31 irai^ of Sqlimaun. The veUey of the Zhobe ki peohebly bounded
32 on the north, by the range of hiUa which X coppoie to finm.the
33 BOttthem limit of Seeoona Daugh.
34 Tlie space included between the border of Zhobe, that of Boree,
35 and the-iii^ o£ Sc^imaQn^ alfcrds room ior the koda of the Huneer
36 S M 2
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