1 •MO • Tag aotttjnim bhwr cAnnacK.
2 fwiibvallq^of fionagaiMiiattotnioMd lim rich and wdl
3 ■fflilftviitftdty" "ppfrfwjiit^ ^pinBtitMs of firmli^ ffttipttf 9pKidot^^ sud jwwmpMntefc
4 Hmm gRN^pes dtcmw* in height m thigr go •ontih, and «t tli9 ytiOtj of
5 f^Bslioiirtli^ art verjraoull, not above teven or eig^hundrod 6etii^|h.
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8 IV* THE TEEB4 OE KHTBER RANOK.
9 This fange oommeooea a Httle bdoir fha fiict of Attodc fiom the t^ght
10 hiiik of the river IndiiOp on the opposite side fimn the Act* and mot hi •
11 westoly direction till it meets the. SolioMtt Tldge* SDUtfa of Snfilid Kob^
12 separatmr? the vallies of Koliat and Peshour, and increases in height as
13 it approaches the Soliman ridge and Sufaid Koh. It appears to me that this
14 ridge crosses the SoUman ridge, and continues with a more southerly course
15 tOiGfaisnee. I^om .this ridge-^sexe are groupeSnmoecth and aoath between
16 It and thfeiliDdoo Koosh ridgenerth, croaaiqg the great tead (ati^ai«fes)
17 fiom Psehour to Kaobul, and fbrming the western boondaiy of the vaUsy
18 of Fsdlour at Jfumrood. Aral this point they increi»e in hs^|^ as ihey go
19 wf'^t, and four distinct ranges may be seen from Peshour, one rising above
20 the other. From this it wonkl appear that the further rati^^e must be a
21 yery considerable height i indeed the dtffitrfaire of climate proves it^ for two
22 or thsee maichea fiom FMiear» the donate ■ fxnl .and pleaaviif when tiie
23 heat is intolendble at Pesihawcr. The Teen and Khjbor hilis aw eomed
24 nith olife tiecs^ bnt are veiy ragged, and hot ftv roads thraan^ tiMOk
25 |»ssable for horsemen. To die westward they produce iron of an f»i?i|Mwrti
26 quality. I have heard th?it the <iak hills of Kanahagh take a com iq» .te
27 near their junctton with the Soohman ridge.
28 V. m aooLDuir mnom,
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30 '. Tne rsi^ is of very great extent, and nuts oouffy mwth md south. It
31 may be 9a?d to begin at Sufaid Koh, and, running south, till it meet«i the
32 Teera hiils ii ortli o\ Pewar : it then runs south-south-ea-st by Kaneegooretn
33 to Tukhte Sooiiman, trom which pomt they decrease in height oonsiderahly,
34 having no snoiw sooth of ihb point is the nidofjaatasiy, IhelUdithadan
35 altitude of !• 30^ fiMS Deem Ismeel Khan, dislnit aistf miio% which ghwa
36 npeipendicuhg iwijgliitof twehw thowsend ejg^ liiunlieil andthiri^iaMeftet*
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