1 e4Si OB0UPE8 OF HnxiS'BXTEin>IMO WBSTWABS^ CAmnnu
2 «Miiits <KP msuM watamnM Wkurwiaat iboh tbb ■ooLTifAif mam
3 ' ' ' ' ' DOWV TOWABD8 fSB imviib
4 Thfrf are two separate ranges ol' hilh run [ araliel to tfa threat range
5 east of tiiem, extending in some places to wjtlun ten and twelve cofs of the
6 right'tMOik of the Indus. Those aeftr the river i^pear to be finmed of «
7 iandy siibitaiioe* • the' tame as the 'PuoniaUa hilli, peiftctly faete. The
8 valleyi, however, hetween these ranges are rich, end nhabitad by HheewneM,
9 Oosturanees, and Baburs, who plunder travellers ; and in oomeqiMttoe ftw-
10 routes have been got through them in a we-^terly direction.
11 The second low range, which is about midway, betweeii tlie great and
12 smail range appeared to be well wooded, ciiiefly witii tiie ulive tree. These
13 taw ridges accompany the great one in 'ell its windings. Th^ even^
14 dHfianea nf the gnat one wu fbnnd, bjr orow faearinga of diflbfcnt poinli, to
15 be sixty miles frmn the banki of the Indna. The valleyi I have been
16 informed are of a %'cry considerable breadtll} and thOfO axe aovexal qwiogt
17 run irom the hills UMd in cultivation. ' . '
18 fli;6inwa OP Baxt bxtbrdimo irssrwABb moM tan aoWJifiir kdm.
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20 Tan wh(de of the western aide of this ridge finm the great road, whidft
21 leads from Peshour to Cabul, down to the latitude of Kilati Nuseer Khan,
22 is'one'Obniplete gronpc of hills, extending in ntost places from two and a
23 half to three d^rees of longitude. Tlie most considerable appear to be
24 those to Uie northward, extending through the country of the Vuzeerees
25 Itfnd SooKniaa^ IChela to Gfaianee^ aind aootkeriy to'the Oliokrae pna. Ken
26 tlii* ihojr a^petr Co dohreaae M hellght a» they go ^onUiedy tlumigli tbe
27 country of Uib -Kidnitfl*' though they still appear to nbin a oohaideraUe
28 height; for many very considerable kotuls (steep passes) are passed to the
29 southward ; but it is impossible to trace any regular range. Those which
30 run through the Kakur country, extend ai^ Ikr as the great road leading Irom
31 Kandahar to Shicarpoor w^t, and beyond them is the commencement of a
32 great desert Krom Ohimee north they itretch to near Kandajiar, decreaaiiig
33 in hdght as they go westward. SVom Shuhersuffii they take a curve to the
34 southward, and join the Kaloir hxHi^. whidi you have to the left, and on the
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