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قراءة كتاب Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
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Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
) ( mature.
3. Rewa, ) Cyprins, ( mature.
4. Bangun, ) ( 18 inches, called also Kala Bhans.
5. Chund Bigla, mature.
6. Ditto ditto, ditto.
7. Ditto ditto, ditto.
8. Pote, Loach, ditto.
9. Mailoa, Perilamps, ditto.
10. Khurda, ditto Trichopterus?
11. Puttra, Salurida, 20 seers.
12. Kuttoa, Ditto, 6 inches.
13. Ghichila,) Macrognathus( 7 ditto.
14. Bham, ) ( 3 feet.
15. Nunghree,) ( 6 inches.
16. Nowhan, ) Cyprins, ( ditto.
17. Pootea, ) ( 12 inches.
18. Seengh, Silurida, 8 inches.
19. Bugarlea, ditto.
20. Mootunna, nearly mature.
21. Bardul, 6 inches.
22. Chilwa, Perilamp,? mature.
23. Nuwha, Esox, ditto.
24. Gwalee, ) Silurus, ( 2 maunds,
25. Ruttgull,) ( nearly mature.
26. Chundee Clupeia, ditto ditto.
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Candahar: May the 2nd, 1839.
“We have seen three changes in the geological structure of the country.
“The Khojah Omrah was chiefly clay slate, and we are now in another formation, which no one seems to know; but it must be different as the outlines of the hills are completely changed. We are now 3,500 feet above the sea. The climate is good, and would be delightful in a good house, but in tents the thermometer varies from 60° to 98° and even 105°.
“I have got a decent collection of plants, only amounting however to 650 species. The flora continues quite European. I have some of singular interest. Compositæ, Cruciferæ, and Gramineæ form the bulk of the vegetation. All fish are very different from those below the Ghats. I have five or six species of Cyprinidæ. One very inimitable fuscous loach. There are few birds, and fewer quadrupeds; in fact the country is at a minimum in both these respects.”
Ghuzni: July 25th, 1839.
“We have been gradually ascending since leaving Candahar, and are here at an elevation of 7,600 feet. The same features continue. I have as yet not more than 850 species. The mountains on every side, and indeed the whole face of the country, is still bare. Mookloor, a district through which we passed, about seventy miles from this, is well cultivated and inhabited. There are few birds to be seen, and scarcely any insects, but there are numerous lizards. The thermometer varies in tents from 60° to 90°.”
Cabul: August 11th, 1839.
“I am encamped close to Baber’s tomb, lulled by the sound of falling water, and cooled with the shade of poplar and sycamore trees, with abundance of delicious fruit, and altogether quite happy for the nonce. I have not yet seen the town which is a strange place, buried in gardens: but nothing can exceed the rich cultivation of the valley in which we are encamped. Beautiful fields on every side, with streamlets, rich verdure, poplars, willows, and bold mountain scenery, which contrasts most