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2 tte trccij M if they wwe wild. Hie walki wme oomBd. with green
3 iod» wliich looked the moie Kng^iiih, becvue Hmie witfa^ued giMt
4 WW mm among the full, bqA, and fiedi verdure of the new year.
5 There waa abo cknrert Ghid;-weed» plantainBy iib«gran> dandelion^
6 coBuium dock, and many other Eni^ish weeda. Weavurhweabb^
7 very like a gddfindi, and another of the aame aiae» remarkable for
8 the beauty of its plumage, which was of the finest crimscm, exoept on
9 the head and winga, which were black. Some of the gentlemen
10 thought tliey saw and heard thnwhcai and blackbirda. The celdicated
11 Bedee Mishk was among the plants of this garden ; and I was sur^
12 ^iaed to find it waa a aoit of willow, with sweet acented yellow flow*
13 ers, of which the beet aie very fond» and well known in Britain, by
14 the name of Palm.
15 On the 23d of February, we marched from Cohaut ; and, in about
16 three miles, came to the foot ot a tre mendous cotul. The road up
17 was only a mile and a halt long, aitiiough it wound much ; but it waa
18 cxcoedin<jlv steep, and often went over lar^^'i^ jtiecea of rock, which it
19 was siu jirising that any animals could surmount. We went uji with
20 Moosa ivliHun ; and, when we reach^ the top, we sat down to wait
21 till the camels slioukl pass. We were joined by the Bungnsh chiets,
22 and some Doorauiiees of Moosa Kliauii's party, and spent two hours
23 in conversation. After this, the Khauns proposed some luncheon,
24 wad we assenting, they produced a napkin with some cold fowls, and
25 bread, of which we all partook very Bociably, sitting in' % ctrd^ and
26 eating with our handa. When we had finiabed our lun^hm* and
27 tmoked a cnlleaun, iriiich pened round the company, we proceeded
28 on onr joum^. We then deaoended into a valky, about five hnii4>
29 dfed yards brood, belonging to the tribe of Khciber, whoae predatoty
30 diancter ia ao well deacrihed by Mr. Foster*. We aaw numy of
31 • To shew lljf divati entertained of the XIk i! n^rces, Mr. Fo<?ter mt>ntion!i nn Amicniftti,
32 wbo^ after he had reached Pcftbawer on hu wa^ to Caubu), wai> ho icrrUied at what he board
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