1 ^ THE KAMA BIVEB. [AOTsms.
2 Ghoeibiuidt md Caubul* a diort way firom Jalalibad, on tibe iwd fiom
3 BBdwur to CMibuL To die north it is ctlled the Kaai^(ar mcr, on eecouiit
4 of its passing through that country ; when it reaches the valley of Peshour,
5 it breaks off into three great branches, whicli join again. Each of these
6 branches has a separate name, and it does not retain one name for four
7 marches togettier. The greatest and must distant branch rmcs in the iiigh
8 lands of Pamer, not far from Pooshtikhur, the source of the Oxus, and, afler
9 a coiixiK of three hundred and eighty milefl« joins die fodus dbiee mfles above
10 the fort of Attock.
11 In its oonrse it receives several very considerable rivers, viz. the Pung-
12 sheer and Ghoorbund, wliich join below Chareekar, nortli of Cabul. These
13 joint streams receive tlie (_';ihrd aad Logur streams a httle iiirtlier down, nnti
14 run parallel to the road from Cabul to Peshour, noith of it. At the village
15 of Kama these joint streams meet the above branch coming from the north.
16 Itom dttt to the valley of Feehoiir, the joint streams are better known by Ae
17 name of Kama Aan any oHier. On entering the valley of Peeboor at liadv
18 nee^ it breaks off into three great branches, w hidi join twelve miles farther
19 down at Dobnndee, the most northern or left branch, receiving the Swad
20 and Punjc-ora in one !?tream two coss above Knshnngger, five from Dobundee,
21 and tilteen miles noith-eiuit ot Pesi>our. I saw all tiiese streams in one be-
22 hm Dobundee ; they appeared about three hundred yai ds broad, and sailed
23 deqi boots at the Ghat. I went to Ae centre one of these bfancfaeo »mh
24 of Feshour. The flnt one was up to the saddle-akirta, fear feet bnoad, and
25 strong bottom, in most places veiy rapid, my hone oould scarcely keep h»
26 feet; hut tfiis was in the beginnintr of M:iv, when «onie of the snow water
27 had come down. The second branch i atl( iiii>tt 1, l ut could not lord, but
28 there are fords, and in the cold season it is tbrdable all over one place,
29 tgriiere it is confined between hiOs. The Punjsheer and Ghoorbood are very
30 eonsiderable streams. The Ghoorbnnd rises with the Hindoo Kooah peak
31 north of fiameean, and the Ptanjihetf fifty coss east of H, from the same
32 hiUs. Their course to thdr jondUHi ivith the Kama is one hundred end
33 eighty miles.
34 The Cabid stream, which is only eight or ten yards broad, rises in the
35 snowy hiU called Kohibaba west of Cabul ; it joins to the Ghiznee and Lo-
36 gur streams east of Oshul, but the most of its water is expended in the cuL
37 tivathm round Gsbul and Mydan.
38 The Swad and Punjooia river rise in the same ridge^ and are called by the
39 cuuuUries thiouj^ which th^ pass* 'Qwir ooune is nearly eqna4 one com-
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