1 SHU—SIN. 199
2 and falls into the Veshau, or Jailum, a little above the beautiful
3 cataract of Arabul, in lat. 33° 32’, long. 74° 39’.
4 SHUTUL.—A pass over the Hindoo Koosh from Afghanistan pe me ne
5 to Turkestan. It is entered from the Kohistan of Kabool, by pro- xoushan Pass, $5;
6 ceeding up the Punjshir river for a few miles, and then turning ee
7 to the left northwards, in which direction the general course of Damun, 48.
8 the route lies for about thirty miles to the summit of the, pass,
9 a short distance beyond which point, at Khinjan, in Kunduz, it
10 joins the road by the Koushan Pass. The elevation is, probably,
11 very considerable, as the Khawak Pass, forty-five miles to the
12 east, is 13,200 feet high, and the Koushan Pass, fifteen miles to
13 the west, 15,000. The summit is in lat. 35° 33’, long. 69° 8’.
14 SHYRKHOWI, in Afghanistan, a village situate on the river Walker’s Map of
15 Hury, or Herirood. Lat. 34° 22’, long. 64° 6’. a
16 SIAH KOH, or the Black Mountain of Afghanistan, is 80 Wood, Khyber
17 called as contradistinguished from the Sufeid Koh, or White So "p0' oSeqa"
18 Mountain, farther south, and parallel to it. The Siah Koh bounds P. 119, Mac-
19 the plain of Jelalabad on the north, and extends between long. roan Ai
20 69° 45’ and 70° 20’, in lat. 34° 25’. It is of moderate height, Yai'ey of Jullala-
21 probably nowhere more than 3,000 feet above the plain of
22 Jelalabad. :
23 SIB, in the Punjab, a village situate on the route from B.1.C. Ms. Doc.
24 Mooltan to Ferozpoor, and about forty miles north-east of
25 the former town. Lat. 30° 1’, long. 72° 1’.
26 SICKEELALE, in the Punjab, a village situate on the road x.1.c. as. Doc.
27 from Vazeerabad to Julalpoor. Lat. 32° 36’, long. 73° 41’.
28 SIDA, in the Punjab, a village situate on the right bank close £.1.c. Ms. Doc.
29 to the junction of the Jailum and Chenaub rivers. Lat. 31° 5’,
30 long. 72° 5’.
31 SIKUNKA, in Bhawlpoor, a village sjtuate on the left bank watter’s Map of
32 of the river Ghara. Lat. 30° 9’, long. 78° 3’, Sere
33 SIMMASUTTEE, in Bhawlpoor, a village situate on the E.1.C. Ms. Doe.
34 river Ghara, about twelve miles west of the town of Bhawlpoor.
35 Lat. 29° 38’, long. 71° 30’.
36 SINAOW, in Sinde, a village situate on the road from Ms. Survey Map.
37 cy amen Halla. Lat. 26° 30’, long. 70° 3’.
38 SINDE, an extensive and important country of Western India, 1 79; mcaturdo,
39 so called, probably,! from the river Sinde* or Indus. Others $n ey ner” as
40 * From Sindh or Sindhu, Sanscrit for eea or ‘collection of water,’”’ ae 184,
41 aDdkaag Shakespear in v. There are numerous similar instances in various