1 itenm ■ THK 0OOLIMAN BII>e& i:; |MJ
2 From this point Hbftk coufae ii tooAtdj to tiw Jilitudi nf Mti«J*^,
3 diqr wen not vinlik to 4lie wulh of wert fimn Mooltaam. It i^ipeait ftan
4 the routn.dMt Uwy take a deep cum.in Jbm»r 4w luper nt thit point, and
5 at Shicarpoor are not in sight ; but it appear*? by the rentes down the Indus
6 through the country of the Talpoorees, that (!)ey attain take a curve towards
7 the river, and tJiey are to the right on the road to Xatta, from tweuty to
8 thirty coss all the way; but being unable to procwe. routes to the south*
9 imxd t£ ShicBipoor.thnmgh .thMgLm.ft weHnlf dinctwn, H mm laaplMriUf
10 to liz.tlMBi irilh aay.deigrM of oertaiiMy* hovMif oofy.-tlie klSmotfilt^n
11 estimated dntance, which maj bo out for ten oofls. These hiUs to the
12 north are covered with olive trees. They are steep and rugged, and the
13 passes throntrh thpm are difficult about Kaneegoorm thev produiGe.-^HOi^
14 titles of a most excellent kind of iron, which makes good sworda.
15 ' jSevend inferior luaadiM fimftom tlMO» OM^ to the Indiu.^
16 Toemii4ge. Tho finfcoiio south of Ow Toon lulliklfaoidfc ingc^ irU^
17 rrowfn tfae indot at Kamdbah, and runs on to Jelhlpoof on tfio tttttln of Ifao
18 Jelum. This ridge k nitich inferior in height to any yet mentioned, but
19 the roads leading through them are nigged and difficult. The whole of the
20 country between this ridge and the Tecra one, is groupes of hills forming
21 some rich , and iertUe valley a. They are however few. The general direo
22 tkm of the low ridgot me fiiom nortb-mt So* to sontb «mI 8o» ; other
23 lidgM nm^noftli end wonn^.camufig. these a4geB neer. the Mw» ^jhegr
24 ippcemil eqael in height to the salt ridge. They are formed in deep flToppw
25 steep and nigged. The salt produced in this ridge is as clear oiyita],
26 and so h ird that tliey make plates of it to eat off. Quantities of it is sent
27 to CasluiRLr, and down the Indus from Karabah. The next range that
28 comes Iroui the iiooiiman ndge is trom t)ie north of KanneegooriB, and rui^s
29 in «B easteoBtli spot direokioii.to Puamelbi this nvge .is inftrios to the
30 sdt nngob and BMjIie eight or nine hundred ftet.hjgh. Tho loqda liuoa^k
31 itOMftvenddiffioult. llie part n^ PuanialU is bare, and envsiM a
32 sandy substance, the southern side almost perpendicular, and in climbing
33 up, large flakDBB OQo^ off in U^ifid hold of the dH^-, and it i| ntii^
34 dangerous.
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