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2 CHAP. VII.
3 CA8RMBBB.
4 'T^HE vallev of Cashmeer is surroundeti by loftv mountains, which
5 divide it from Tjttle Tibet on the north, from Ladaiik on the
6 east, from the Puujunb on the south, and from Pukhlee on the west.
7 A branch of the Spcen (white) ("aufirs approaches Cashmeer on the
8 north-west. There are but seven passe?? into the pro\ ince : four are
9 from the south, one from the west, and tlie remaininn; two from the
10 north. That of Bember is the best ; but that of iVIozzn ufFerabad or
11 Barauioolla, Iviiig unvards Aighaunistaun, is now most used. I shall
12 not attempt to describe this celebrated valley after Bernier and Foster;
13 the account of the latter, in pfuticular, canuot be surpassed.
14 Hie Cashmeriana are a dirtinct natioa of die Hindoo atock, and
15 difo in language and maimers from all their nei^boiirs. Tbe men
16 are remarkably stout, active^ and indilstrioos. Hiej are excessively
17 addicted to pleasuiei and are notorious all over the East for fidsehood
18 md cunning. By fiur (ihe greater part of the peculation are Mussul-
19 mans. Abooliuzl enumerates a succession of upwards of a hundred and
20 fifty Hindoo King^ who reigned over Cashmeer before the year 742
21 of the Hijra» when they supplanted by a Mahommedan dynasty.
22 This last, after rdgning near tluree hundred years, was subikied
23 Hoomauyoon the son of Bauber. Cashmeer remained in the hands
24 of the Moguls till the time of Ahmed Sliauh» when it was taken by
25 the Doornunees, who have since possessed it.
26 The Cashmerians seem to have been rebellious when their coimtrv
27 was first occupied by the Dooraunees, but they are now completely
28 ffubdued by the strong measures of the government. No Cashmerians,
29 uiLjui^'cd by Googl