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2 tbe lojnl VMideBee lij >Kj .^boows jappoaed be.th^ m
3 t^nrndkBOtmii Atttlie Aantics ateimpMuedwal&^^m
4 taeiiig the oldeet cky in the world, and in conseqoenee distinguish it
5 bf lie title of OknooL Bdaud, the motiur. a£ Jbomrn, Thia mHitnl
6 mMtapoht iii now ledneed to insignificance. Its ruins ttill cover s
7 great extent, and are surhmndHi with a wall, but only: one oonMr is
8 inbabited* ' Anrt'Of it is occupied by the citadel, where the Doo-
9 jflODiiee gorernor rendds, and which is inhabited, by ft finr«f ibe lojid
10 tnx^s, and by aoine Hindoo dependents.
11 Tiae country round the city is flat, fertile, and well cultivated. It
12 is said to contain three hundred and sixty villages, and is watoi ed hv
13 ei;^htei«n canals diawn from a celebrated reservoir (called the Bunde(>
14 Ameer) m the Paropaniij^an mountains. T can ghre no particuki
15 description of these canals, but they must he considerable, and must
16 water much cultivation, as one of them uliicii lias been granted by
17 the King to a suii of Meer Kiilicli Ali. is reckoned to produce an
18 «anual revenue of seventy thousand rupees, which is. nearly nine
19 thouaand pounds sterUng. The west of this tract is covered with thidi
20 and deep woods of feeds, wliidi» thoa^ ibomplMned of bj the tn-
21 Tdler, bespeak ft ridk sofl and e well wmteted ooontry. What I luifo
22 •aid must not be eitemied to ihe nortfaeRi pbrt of tfae-ooontiy mklsr
23 BuIUi, wbidiUsaDd^aiid baRienrasfiff astfae'Onn. • • -
24 • KhobUoonit wfaidi lies south of Bidldw is miidi more haSfy wad
25 bonen. Tausk KbiptghanD, its capital, is> hannm, e plaoe of oonse-
26 quenc^ and ocntftuiB Dear ai^ thousand liouses. '
27 Husntt Biiflnn» wmcfa is now annexed to KtiooUoomt u ftpoorand
28 sandy ooontiy.
29 Koondoos is duefly flat, though the southern paxt ii cieeoyied faj
30 l^s stretching fiom Hindoo Coosh, and forming . maoj lidk and
31 beautifid valleys stocked with fruits of various kinds* . llieplaaii part
32 of Koondooz is slao very fyttiHa, and watered by numerous streams
33 from Hindoo Coosh. The country round the town, in particular, u
34 odtivated hke a garden, and is subject to inundation. The capital
35 is ft good town, and exceeds Tausb Kooc^^uum in extent.. Kbostand
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