1 THE HINDOO KOOSH RTOGE.
2 doo Koosh, I shall call it so, though, in fact. It is the particular name for
3 one snowy peak ot the ridge ; but with a little explanation, they will know
4 any part of the ridge by this name, from the north ot Ca&hnieer to tlie hiU
5 itself a distance of four hundred and Jlbrty gt^graphical mUeft. This ridge
6 Im aa aavt and wwt diraetipa fiv Hbh diateno^ and sppmn to viiid in €bm
7 latitaiib of 35* nortfai vindiqg fiom 34* 30^ to 35*. The iu%e afiiMan to
8 dacMMt in he^;fat 'to waatwwd of this peal^ and the snowy ridge nwf
9 be said to terminate a little beyond this point, or west of it, for it appears
10 by the routes from Kaudaliar to Bulkh, which pass thi^ point about fifty
11 miles to the west, that the snowy ridge is uo^ crossed, but hills bearing snow
12 tor four raontlis in the year, are crossed about this latitude. This is cer-
13 tainly a oontinuatioa of the fridge, but they appear to deoneie in het^^t m
14 tbejr travel west towards HeFant* and even en to Mnshnd, with^ however* a
15 short intesiuption about Heiaut. Tbmy do not go to the northward, for the
16 routes from F>'zabad by Bulkh to Heraut, must cross them if they did ; and
17 if tfiev went to the southward, the routes from Caubul via Kandahar, must
18 cross tiiem. I, therefore, conclude the snowy ridge terminates about the
19 above point } but an inferior ridge cootiniieB oo in the same direction, and
20 my or nay not be conaidnred the same ii4gie» I took tht distance of some
21 of the aasat jNunaaAable peaks in the ridge by ciaas heanngi^ with the tho».
22 dolitet aiiAfiamd, at the distaiucnof one hundred miles, thea]l|iai«it altitude
23 of some was 1*" 30', which gives a perpendicular height of -20,49'!; feet ; but,
24 of course, this could not ptmtively be depended on for so ^muli an angle and •
25 so great a^distance. The most trifling error, whicii iniglit iiot i^pear in the
26 oorreetiiB flf the instnnMBt, would hen niake a great dilftrenee. Itwii,' '
27 howevcri so oorrect* that I have taken the sun's aHihMte, and the latitude
28 came out withiii 2' of the latito^ taken with thie seottant ; and the distonee ^ ^ * ■
29 maybe depmded on, for I bade base. Sue loaaured of ftt^-flse mfle%
30 which ^vc a good angle.
31 From C'a-'hineer to Hindoo Koosh, all the rivers which rise north of this ' •
32 ridge liave a uortii-wc&t course, with the exception of the Indus, or Sind, and
33 Kammahi (these being forced to the iondiwsid bf other high ridges, wfaida
34 run at right angleo to the great onei} and all thefivanwhidi nsesontii of
35 them hnro a soutlieriy course. Hiv is ^ strongest proof I can give of its
36 being a very high ridge, and it was perfectly white in the month of June,
37 when tiie thermometer was at Peshour at fhnt time i is" and 113'. The
38 same thermometer was 26" 4', fhrther south, ni the months of December and
39 January, at Mooltan, in latitude 30* 14^ jo**. This great ndge fiom the poioi
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