1 west-north-west course along the uorrli suit; oi this ridge throucrli tlie coun-
2 tries of Sho(^naw, Durwaz, and Kurategeen, where it tiudji vent through
3 tbis ndlB». and pmm tfaraiigbitte di»Mlilli«aid» fiita#wg.aaoiilii«ly taum
4 tiU it meete the high knd which oitauki fiNNB the HiadQ<» Koarii .m%«iil
5 HumitiaMin: Thus ftr, a dittmce c£ wuen 1hmitn»lmaindnakt» it it
6 confined bulWBCP hills and is joined immmeraUe streams, from two tH
7 four of which are crossod in each c^mv'? ]oumc}^ along its \ci\ hank, from ten
8 to thirty yards hroail ami knee and middh^ deep, besides two very considcT-
9 aUe rivers, viz. the Soorkhab or Kurategeen river, and the kokciia or
10 Budukshan river. I have unfortunately no routes fnan Durwax alo^ its
11 tight bank tD KiIa Shahjehai^ nd eoBaeqiMndjr hvve not bean ahk to aaoaf^
12 tam tho ttraama wfakh it aanat leoaife finn liio .noithwaid in Ihiasdiatanfla.
13 Thajf must be more considerable than those fittAn tlie southward or the hif^
14 ridge of Budukshan, as the high land of Bamer, which gives rise to so many
15 great rivecs^ running from west to m^t, is to the northward of this ipace. I
16 itnag-ine many more streams must joui it, but luiNt bcvn unavoidabiy left out
17 for want ut lurther information* From Uuzrutnuam lU course is westHiorth-
18 wast} northaily to BoldMi«» ai dietaaee of two fanndfod and fifyadlaa|,il
19 tqpfieafa to be ixced aff in tiiis ^rectum- for aooM diataooe bjr the hig|i land
20 cf Hindoo Koodi. which extendi north of the ridge • cuuidenliie dtrtanot^
21 and runs over a flat country, aandf and little better than a denrt. I have a
22 route from this point to Oorgimg, aJontr its banks, which gives a distance of
23 four hundred miles, over a desart for ;it lonst tbree hundred miles, with only
24 a few habitations of hoi^ breedera along the banks in d liferent places. There
25 i^pears to he a forest in from the left hank the greater part of the way, and
26 iMvdlen are obhged to carry proviwina for eight or tan dagp eta tame.- At
27 Ooignng, my infonnant left die faanka ef the Qina after i ieaiii|| it en iok
28 Oorgung is on a branch of the Oxus, situated eighteoai from the bmbi cKan*
29 nel. From this he travelled to the north-north-west, passing the towns of
30 Toorbut, Sugger. and Lulughan, on to the city of Kheeva, situated on the
31 banks of a large river called the Neil urn, nearly as larsre as the Oxus, and
32 which joins a large lake some days journey turther on. This 1 take to be the
33 kkeefArab. The Oxna, I hat» bean jufetmed, ilaii winuiia itaatf into it^
34 Dot or tna i nafe fwwaiacn mt ncue lunvniaaon* i neve uuiy enexoute
35 •bog the Qxm, and wooU not vantiue to put it dMnw-haeiag ao cAmn to
36 oorrobnate it, or cross routes to correct the diieetion. Haviqg.tiaced the
37 Oxus nine hundred and fifty miles, from it'i source to New Oorgonge, I shall
38 give A sketch of the pnocipal rivers which M into it £int^ the-Sbibei^ or
39 Digitized by Googlc