Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ... imagine, considerably exceed that of the wandering hordes. Many parts of the country, particularly round the cities, are as highly cultivated as any part of the world: in remoter districts some well cultivated tracts are to be met with; and even the most deserted regions afford occasional marks of tbe industry of the husbandmen. In treating of this country I shall begin at the west (where the greatest contrast will be found to what has been already mentioned), and proceed eastward, till, as I approach the division formerly described, some traces will appear of the manners already known to the reader as peculiar to the eastern Afghauns. In pursuance of this plan, I shall begin with the Dooraunees and their southern neighbours, the Baraiches and Tereens; and then stretch east with the Ghiljies, till I reach the valley of the Caubul river and the mountains of Solimaun. The Caukers, whose lands extend from those of the Tereens to the mountains just mentioned, will end all the part of my account which is connected with geography; and the pastoral and unsettled tribe of Nausser will conclude the description of the Afghauns. The length of the country of the Dooraunees may be loosely said to be 400 miles; and except in the north-west, the general breadth is from 120 to 140 miles. It is bounded on the north by the Paropamisan mountains, inhabited by the Eimauks and Hazaurehs; on the west it has a sandy desart of various breadth, beyond which are the Persian dominions: on the south-west it has Seestaun and a desart, which separates it from Belochistaun: its southern boundary is formed by Shoraubuk and the hills of Khaujeh Amraun, which separate it from the Tereens and Caukers; and on the east it has no natural boundary, but joins to the lands of...
