ir^tilem'tWolaB^'three-ftoriee high, are flightly built of brick: and mortar,
';iwith a-‘l$rge intermixture of‘timber. Oa~ a ftanding. roof | of wopd js
laid a covering"offine.earth, which fhelters the building frond the .great
qqaiitity of fnow that foils in the. winter feafon. ;Th£s fence cotnmuni-
catiga«,e<|ftal?wa5mt0i in winter as a Tefr.e£hii>g coolnefs in the Jummer
feafon,1 When the tops of tftehon'fes,. which -are planted with a variety
-^Sowers,texhffejfltea diftitiee-the fpadiois view ©Sa' beautifully chec-
quered parterre. The-Gr eets are narrow, and-' ■ dhoaked with the'filth of
the -inhabitants* jwho" are proverbially unclean." No buildings • are feen
in this city worthy of rem ark th ough the Kafmirians boaft much of
'a wooden nibfque called the Jumah MufG(l,;ere£te'd by one of the emperors
of Hindoftan ; but its claim to difoq'Sfon, is very moderate.’ ’ 5
•For a particular account of the country of Caflimir the readgr is referred
to th e fame traveller,- who informs us that this delicious vale'.extendsin
an oval- fori% abent ^96- miles from S. E. to.N. W - I t was fubj'edf to
th e Zagathai prificgs (a Tataricrace, who fpeak the famedartgut*g|S! with
the Turks) till A. D. 158.6, when it became fubjedf to the Mongols, and
afterwards to; the Afgans. Rice is the f common prodii& o f the' plains' j
while the furrounding hills yield wheat, barley, and other crops. The
' celebrated foaw|§ are only manufactured here : the material being from
Tibet, efpeeially thofe diftricts which lye at a month’s journey to the
north eaft.* The price at the loom is from 20s. to 5I.: and the.revenue
is tranfmitted to the Afgan capital in this fabric. The Gafhniirians
are ftoutand well formed, but their features often coarfe and broad, even
thofe.: of the .women, who in this northern part of .India are of a deeper'
brown complexion than thofe of fouthern France Or Spain. The drefs'is
in e leg an t; but the people gay and lively, and fond o f parties, of plea-
fure on their delicious lake. The Afgan governrhent has however fome-
what crufhed their ipirit. ; The language- is derived frpmAhe ^^hfpret,
but the Perfian is chiefly ufed in elegant compofition. During. (the
fummer heats* the great Moguls ufed to retire to Caflimir, where they
enjoyed a cool.and refrelhing climate.
5 F o r fte r , vol.ii, am
• Forfter’ s Travels, ii. 18: if this intelligence be genuine, if, evinces Very grofs errors in pio*
dern maps, which fuppofe the northern'boundrfries of Tibet to be the fame with thofe of Cm
snir. The N. mountains of Tibft would thus give fource to the rivers of Little Bucharia.
The
The-wide, fpaçe .from ‘|o Çapjy glj• gypr&t. remarkable for numerous"
ftreams , and. monnÿain^ t^ap4^yr.9th^r..eirepm^9jncp j $nd the
conquerors of India»pre£erred the.jfigii.tlr, g Eye%injjÇJ|bn.i^the mountains
a r r f e i d toib© covered sjrkl*f«5petaal fa oV j is divqrfls.
fled with-gentle hilisvifertil©;- y a l ç s , , interfered,
by'many ftreams 5 aq^hqf^s dplie^q ff-ufis and flowers,-is abundant
in ’Qtheç grodqâ;i'Q^s. v jOjhjzto wdjs. -Jjte anci§nt. capital of the
cqhntry, of which Candahar wa;s "<flîgcfcid'à; j?21!1,6 The.ei,ty„Qf
Cabul is the capital o f the .dominions the^^arktShah;, ufÿally|. ftÿled
Kingiof Candahar, w^ofe . d o m i n i o n s j f o e'Jj?a '
ol^Purrih,' including ' a l^ e à t' part 'of; ©ôtafitn;" 'with the |k|e^Pnrhan'
pj%Mh<ifi 8W5» B. JmfelUq len^thpyrkb,hutvM lf .
that breadth. Cabùl is efteemed a coiiGderable city, in a romaqîi6t
hfSftKy Gfiiatfoh.
T lh iz n i l^ (jafna Jii refoarkajhlfi ^ ^’ftep h t'p fth e ' fijft Mahopieten
cdflcfMfofs of Hindoftan, wbbie efopire4 atmoft* co#efpbnde'd withthë"
modern kingdom of Candalrar. ,
‘ Themky whith'’gGjes name1 to' thNiaft «s of fmalkadeduiit,‘ except as
a nhted pals from Perfia into Hindoftan.
Haviiid5 thus reached the mo# weftern frontier,1 and nothing'further
wbrthy o f commemoration arifmg on that ffde b f the-Sihdeh,it will be
proper” td pnrfue the courfe :oDthat 'grand1' ftfearn towards the fouth.
The fmall- city and fortrefs of Attpck w'ere only built by Acbar, 1581 ;
but thfj i|icinity was memorably in' ancient'times as the- general paffage
from India to the'weft.' Mr. Eorftef eroded the Indus about twenty
• unies àbove Attbck, and'found it ■ a rough îapxd ftieâm,-about a mile in
breadth where it' was not interrupted by lues.' ■ This Gze indicates a
remote fource, and many tributary ftreams. The water was extremely
-cold » and difcoloured ■ with fine black fand.
Moultan, the capital of the province fo called, is about iyo-'B.' mlles-tà
the'fouth of j^ttocf, on1 the la5^^iv>e|)i^^®tôot far fiom its~juMnon
‘ Jvphiiell, 152.
, * D ’Anville places Aliinagur oh .the Indus about! 8.0' B;. niilesVabove'Attock'. "l Thi| .
noted in Hindoo hiftory (Wefdin,. 3 6. ) ,,if omitted Jjy ltennell,.ivhofe map of Hindoftau^s im.the
N. W, finghlavly ieftrifted. '
• Chjiit
Cities and
Tow»s.
Cabul,
Ghizni.
Candahar.
Attpck.
Moultan.