1 THE BIVER AKSDBRAL
2 Adiiin Koosh. This river has not been traced nhove the point where it was
3 crossed, iive cobs iirom iu juuction. It was at tiiat point sixty yards, middlo
4 deep, but so rapid, tlwfeftw mea oould find it ; my infimntot layB he cimiBd
5 ttonaoov, «4ijdiiilJieooaiiiioaiiiode^ aodtl^ and
6 keep Oieir ftet modi better than a honei he sajs a hone oould not staiid
7 the current. Hie oowB iiied for this puipoee wefe^eKyitrooij^ aad had long
8 bushy tails.
9 Second, the Soorkhab or KniatLj^Len. Tliis river rises in the Pamer ridge,
10 and afler a course of a hundred and eighty miles, empties itself into the
11 Oxusthir^mileBibovethejuiiclioaof theKduhaoQttoj^ Hns
12 river leceivee ineaftCreaim in itt coune^ besides the Sidfedcaii and Wukhee>
13 ha rivers. It runs through the country of Kurategee^ ind ten coss abovo
14 its junction wnth the Oxus it is not fordable, being crossed on mussuks or
15 leather bags: at this point it is called by a different informant the Kuratigeen
16 river, but I imagine its proper name is the ISoorkhab. Xta course is through
17 a very iiiuuutaiuous country.
18 IBB xoKCBA on WaOXSMUX BlVnB.
19 This river rises in the Budukhshan ridge south-east of the capital, Vv/.n-
20 bad, fbrty-tbur miles. At ten miles east of the town, it receives two streams
21 equal to itself, and they pass close to the towu ia one stream. There ia a
22 bridge acroM the river at the town. It is very rapid and. not ftnhdile s its
23 oouxse is a hundred and thirty miiae In a west^iocth-weot dhwetkm^ and it
24 joini die Oxus shove the ^ illagc of Kliajogliar with sudi force that its atieat
25 crosses to the opposite bank oi' the Oxus. It passes through a hilly country
26 for the greater part <i£ its oourae» and recetves several streams fiom the
27 northward.
28 rat axasnaAi.
29 • This is formed by the Ghoree, Bungee, and Furkhar, which join five' Cdm
30 north-west of Koondoo? ; the joint streams; of tlie Bungee and Furkhar pass-
31 ing to the east of the town, and the Gorah- to tlie west. These rivers are
32 formed by numerous other streams. The Ghoree rises from three different
33 fainte in the Hindoo Kopsh ridge, aU of whidi join aliove the village of Kai^
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