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The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal November 1839

1840

In the further progress of the Embassy from Mooltan to the commencement of the hills beyond the Indus at Punecala the basis of the country appears still to have been clay though in some cases the uppermost stratum be sand. [...] On the other side of the Cabul river the Khutuks possess the south-eastern corner of the plain of Peshawur which is light often stony and of indiffeent quality ; more to the west but still under the hills are Oormul and some other places in which the soil is sandy and naturally poor. [...] To the west of Bokhara is the Kurakol an uncultivited space which extends to the lake of Aral ; but it is not considered as crossing to the left of the Oxus where begins the great desert of Margiana so called by the ancents. [...] two in the country of the Afreedus one at Khakshista of the Huzaras south of Bameean one or two near the source of the Urghundal two I am now (January 1811) assured there is also sold under the name of soorma a certain sulphate of lead and it is natural to suppose this is the substance here meant.882 Lieut. [...] A great part of the surface of the districts of Cabul and ri'huznee is covered with stones and the soil is in other respects unfavorable to the growth of grass.
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Pages
102
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Art.1.—Memoir on the Climate Soil Produce and Husbandry of Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries.—By Lieut. Irwin
869-900 Acting Secretaries view
Art. II—Journal of a Trip Through Kunawur Hungrung and Spiti Undertaken in the Year 1838 Under the Patronage of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for the Purpose of Determining the Geological Formation of those Districts.—by Thomas Hutton Lieut. 37th Regt. N. I. Assistant Surveyor to the Agra Division
901-950 Acting Secretaries view
Art. III.—Notes on Various Fossil Sites on the Nerbudda; Illustrated by Specimens and Drawings
950-952 Acting Secretaries view
Art.IV.—Proceedings of the Asiatic Sociely
953-969 Theodore Cantor view

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