1 AwxNDix.] THE HUlHJKflSAN. BIDGB. 639
2 of kittttick, and the direction in whiVh they are said to nin, are as follows:
3 from Diitu-az, on the bank*? of tl»e Oxus, to Koknn ; tVom Peshour to Yar-
4 kund they are crossed m two routes, aud from Yarkuud to Caahmeer via
5 Leb, or Luddack, thej are agaia cxoiaed, taA tbm ^ lioaiidaiy bctiveen
6 Tadnud and litlfo Tibet.
7 UL THB BOSOXaBAW BUMSS.
8 This ridge nms from north north-east to soutli .south-west, between the
9 Hindoo Koosh and Pamer ridges, it separates the Oxus irom the Kama, or
10 Kamgar river, tiDd pnewnls the htter fiom joining the Ibimer, whidi it
11 wooUoClMnrise do^ andnimfWim theJngh called AknIi*
12 tikhar, the adbrce «f the Oku^ louth south-west ■Imig the light bank of the
13 Stamina river, (forming the boundary of Budukshan cast,) through Kafiristan
14 to the Hindoo Koosh ridge north of Jelialabad, on the road from I^shoiirto
15 Caubul ; aiui were it not for the \'alley between ^»ihaid Koh, south-west of
16 Jelialabad, and the Hindoo Koosh ridge north, this might be considered as
17 one ridge crossing the Hindoo Kooah ridge at right angles ^ but the distance
18 acvoas being twelve or fimfteen ooi«, it naj or va§j not be coiMidered aa the
19 lame ndge* I ahaU give, it aaparatoly ni die aooeimt of tte Sotinm ri^!^
20 which joins Sufaid Koh inuk die aouAb and the Teera faiDa at right ang^ea.
21 The Builiikshan ridge appears, from all accoimts, to be a verv considerable
22 one, and covered for the greater part of tlie year with snow. The hill of
23 Poo!»litikhur is covered witli snow all the year Uirough, aud is said to be forty
24 spears in depth, under which is the source of the Oxus. This ridge contains
25 nuii^ valuable tninea of iflver, hfm lanili, Iro0,-.aod antiBuiay. The mby
26 minea are nearer the Oxus, at aome distance from the ridge* There are
27 nmneroua streams issue from it, and join the Oxus and Kamma. In the
28 routes along the lefl bank of the Oxus, it i^ipean that in eadi day's jotimej
29 from two to three «trp;ims are crossed cominer from this ridge, from fifteen
30 to thirty and forty yarJ.s broad, knt'c and iihlLUi' ducp. The whole of tlie
31 country between Uie Hindoo Koosh aud Pamer ndges, appears to be groupes
32 of hills; bntitiBeaqrtotrBceaoiweoiuidenUe.raiiges,fioBa«faicfaii^^
33 ones shoot oat at ri§^ anf^ea, and iom tiwae gronpei and narxov valley
34 The faiDs are wen wooded, andthe lowjooea along their baae an well, stoeksd
35 fpitii, fruit trees of various kindl. The .country also to the south of the:
36 Hindoe Koosh ri4geiaoanplete9iaa|Ma of hilK inmAy ars«v«atgr.nukv;
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