1 HERAUT. 439
2 H«iiut coven a great spdoey aad contains about 100,000 inliabikaxits*.
3 TwoHkiiirds <if that aiimber consist oi Herautees, or anoieiit inhabi-
4 tantsi of -^he plada^ wbo ive att Shceihs : a tenth of the : whole popula-
5 tibii may be DoaanameoB, and the rest all Moguls and, Eimauks, with
6 the same mixture of strangers that is found in all the Afghaun cities.
7 The city stands in a fertile plain, which is watered bv a river crowded
8 with villnrr^es', and coh ered with fields of corn. This rich landscape
9 fec«!ves ;ulilitionai bLiiity and variety from the mosques, fomhs, and
10 other editice*?. inttrmixod with numerous trees and tis. with
11 which it is embellished, and hrom the lolty mountains by which it is
12 surrounded. ' ' ' ■ *
13 The inhabitants of the coimtrv ioand Heraut, are, for the most
14 part, Taujiks, and bear the character already attributed to that re-
15 spectable race. They are all Soonnecs. Among the rest of the in-
16 habitants are to be found Afghauns, Eimauks, and Beloches ; and
17 BMny Moguls and Chaghatyes still dwdl in the nei^^iboniiiood <tf a
18 d^ i^^Mdi waa so Ibngf the ■eafc.of tiieir. iiBtiofiml, grcrtnew. ' : > '
19 : The imrnMie^ of HeiBnt is SKioiied^flt 1,000,000 nqpees* of Vbidi
20 jMffe than half k iiUotted to tba ' payment' of teoopei or granted to
21 noipiie'pertoiia. -. The irenmbider is paid, into, tte tnmsxjy Uiit
22 the4Riioiiiift iwim stafioed of tha provinoe^ and-a
23 fixed samuMdtolie-Teiniitedjficom Ceiibid tUl the.tcign.of fibauh
24 ZenMun.* ' One great aiphnee mm ihe i&ainlteriahce.of the pioViniaial
25 anhj. ' ^6 Gholaums^ or troops in constant pajf at one time
26 amounted to eight thousand men; mid the contingents of the £i*
27 mauks and some <^ the J^Mtanneest completed the force. Almost
28 th^ wbbie of Khorassaim was at one time induded in this provinoeu '
29 A government of such importance was naturally considered as a
30 suitable mplojrment for one of the King*8 aons. It was held by'
31 - * In the account which J wrote of this city in 1810, 1 had greatly under-rated the
32 oviriier oTisUbilMm mA kawtritea *» pNMDt ttrtmait fimaGkyitHB Chiliiev
33 Whoss ubsM isllsai Msdsd ts coatea the rest of mf seoHiBt
34 3 a