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2 BOOK IV.
3 PROVINCE&
4 CHAP. 1.
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6 BULKH OE BACTBIA, AND THS U8SEKS.
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8 T T A VING coanpleted my acoomnt of Alg^iniiiirtBuii, IdnUdeMribt
9 Uie otha provinces and dependencies of the kiDgdom of Caubid
10 Jsk tMs description I shall preserve the order in which they stand
11 geographically,' that relation being more penmuunt and more inte-
12 ffcariiifl to the read^ than their- fluctuating connection with the
13 Dboiimnee goverhment. On this principle I shall b^in fixnn the
14 nnrth, and after describing Bulkh, shall proceed, by the Eimauks
15 and Hazaurehs, to Herat, from which I shall pursue a south-easterly
16 course, through Seestaun and Belochestaun, to Sind, and thence
17 return towards the north till I k (Vishmcer and the countries
18 which connect that celebrated valley with .the lands of the iierdoo-
19 raunee tribes.
20 T have before alluded to the difficulty oi naming the A^haiui }>ro-
21 viuce in Toorkistaun. Nor is it easier to determine the extent of
22 the country which ought to be comf)rehcndcd within its limits. At
23 present, the only actual jiosscibiou of the Afghuuus m Toorkistaun
24 is the district immediaiely round Bulkh ; but the possessor of tJiat
25 city has always been considered as the rightiiil master of its depend-
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