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2 THE FURRAHROO
3 THX XBABREOOD.
4 CAfseniuz.
5 This river rises at 6akkir about ninety miles south-east by south of Hint,
6 and after ft course of one hundred and fifty miles joins the Hirmnnd «t
7 Komiheen on its i%bt bKnk. It is lai^ tluui the Ui^^undab and niaOer
8 than the Hmnund s its depth in the ccdd season is up to a man'i hip (tliree
9 6et) and 6% or sixty yards broad : it is not ibrdable when the snow melts,
10 is crossed on mussuks or leather bags, and smdl rafts made of wood and
11 reeds. Its breadth in the hot season is from one hundred and fifty to one
12 hundred and aeventy-tive yards, and very rapid ; it also crosses the great
13 load fiom Kandahar to Hiiat near Dilaram.
14 THE TUKNUK.
15 Tms is a small stream, rises at Mookr, and afler a west-soutli-west course
16 of two hundred milea» joina the Uighundab near Doaba ; in the cold aeaaon^
17 lunrever, its water runs into a long lake near Ddn (MiollaniaD^ called die
18 Doreeb vhich has been taken for a river. When the Tumuk nsss the
19 superfluous water runs to the Urghundab ; in the cold icaion it is knee deqi^
20 and it seldom rises above a man's middle.
21 TB£ FUBRAHHOOD
22 Is larger than any of these rivers excepting tlie Hirmund. It is in tlie
23 oold season above • man's and fiom fifty to axty yarda broad; in the
24 hot weather it is crossed on mussuks and rsAi of wood and reeds. It » at
25 this season very rapid ; it rises south of Pursee, and is joined above Fknah
26 and below Guranee by the Jizeea Rood. It falls into the lake of Seestan at
27 the north-west angle, after a course of two hundred miles. It appears
28 wonderiul that this lake should receive so many rivers without any apparent
29 vsnt fiir the water: and tt is slated not to be alcove tlurly or thir^<4lve coss
30 •Gross at the broadest part.
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32 Digitized by GoOgle