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on the fal of the Indus, are comprifcl within the exten- 

 five dominions of Tiniiii- S!iah Aliditila, (iifinilly Itylcd king 

 of Candah;ir,) which extend wcllw/rd to the nei;;hbotir- 

 hoinl of the city of Terfhilli; incl'idinij generally Cdbiil, 

 Candahar, P;ii(h3wiir, Ghi/.ni, Gaiir, S-'ill;m or SiKiilaii, and 

 Korafan. This tratt is at le^ll 8oo Britifli rr.iles in lensjth, 

 from (.aft to well, and its breadth, though iinafcertaintd, docs 

 not bear any propuilion to its length, it docs not dlffir 

 much from the incl comprifcd within the ancient kini^dom of 

 Gli'zni. TimurSliah'i Indian lubjefls are chit-ny Afghans; 

 the rell, Perfians and TartaTS of almoll every denomination. 

 His government is faid to be mild and equitable, with fome 

 degree of relaxation as to military diicipline ; which, in a go- 

 vernment purely mihtary, forebodes diifolution. Rennell's 

 Memoir. 



Cabijl, a city of Afia in the above province, is the pre- 

 lent capital of the fueccfTor of Timur Siiah, and fituated on 

 a river of the fame name, near the foot of the Indian Cau- 

 caftis, or Hindoo Kho ; and the proximity of this ridge oc- 

 cafions the moft rapid changes in the temperature of the at- 

 mofphcre. Its fituation is fpoken of in terms of rapture by 

 the Indian hillorians ; it being no lefs romantic than pleafant ; 

 er.joying a wholcfome air, and having within its reach the 

 friiitsand other produds both of the temp-rate and the torrid 

 zones. In a pohtieal light, it is coniidci-ed m the gate of 

 India towards Tartary; as Candahar ho'.ds the fame place 

 with refpeft to Perlia. Mr. Forller, in his " Journey from 

 Bengal to England," dcfcribes Cahul as a walled city, 

 about li mile in circumference, and leated on the eaftern 

 fide of a range of two united hiils, generally the figure of 

 a fcmicircle. The fortification, which is of a fimple conftruc- 

 tion, with fcarcely a ditch, and the houfes built of rough 

 Hones, clay, and unburned bricks, exhibit a mean appearance, 

 and arc ill Anted to the grandeur that might have been fup- 

 pofed to fubfill in the "capital of a great empire. But the 

 Afghans, he fays, are a rude and unlettered p.ople, and their 

 chiefs have little propcnfity to the refinements of life, which 

 indeed their country is ill adapted to gratify. From the 

 Indus to the wellern limit of this extenfive territory, there 

 is an invariable deficiency of _ wood; inforanch, that the 

 lower clafs of people in the northern quarter fuffer as much, 

 perhaps, from the want of fuel in the winter feafon, as thofe 

 of other countries would do from a fcarcity of provifions. 



This quarter of Afganiftan, p-jfTcfling but few Indian pro- 

 du^lions, receives fugars and cotton cloths.chiefly from Pclh- 

 awur, whither it fends iron, leather, and tobacco. To Can- 

 dahar it exports iron, leather, and lamp-oil, whence the re- 

 turns are made in fundry manufaftures of Perfia and Europe, 

 with a large fupply of excellent melons. The Tartar.i of 

 Bucliaria bring to Cahul the horfes of Turkettan, furs, and 

 bides ; the latter rtfembling thofe in Europe called Bulgar; 

 the amount of which is applied to the purchafe of indigo, 

 and other commodities of InJia. The adfacent parts of 

 Ufbeck Tartary, of which Balk is the capital, hold a kind 

 of dependency on Timur Shah. 



The Afghans arc the indigenous poITelfors of a traft of 

 tt)untry, which ftrctchcs from the mountains of Tartary to 

 certain parts of the gulf of Carabay and Perfia; and from 

 the Indus to the confines of Perfia. The inhabitants of 

 this wide domain have no written charafter, and fpeak a Ian- 

 guage peculiar to themfelves. They are a robull, hardy race 

 of men, and being generally addicted to a ftate of predatory 

 warfare, thtirmannerslargely partake of a barbarous infolence, 

 and they avow a fixed contempt for the occt-.patioi>s of civil 

 life. See Afghans. 



Ahmed Abdalla, fird king of Candahar, was originally the 

 ehict of -an Afghan tribe, conquered by Nadir' Shah, on 



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whofc death IiC fuddcnly appeared among liis former fuhj-(£ls 

 and foon crefted a coiifidcrjble kingdom in the eallern part 

 of Perfij, including moll of the Indian provinces ceded by 

 the Mo.nd to Kadir. Ke edablilhed his capital at Culnil. 

 Ahmed died abont the year 1773, and was fuccceded by 

 Timur, who contiiu'.ed to refidc at Cabul ; but the monar. 

 chy has been ilyled that of Candahar from 3 centrj proiince. 

 The fucceffor of Timur was Zemaun, wh,-) probably (I ill ruh.s 

 this extenfive connt-y. Cabul is fituated ia N. lat> 54° z' 

 E. long. 68° 34'- ' 



Cabul, a river of the above-mentioned piovince, has alfo 

 the proper name of Kameh or Kamah from t!ie vicinity of 

 Jalalabad, 60 or 70 miles below the city of Cabul down to 

 Paifiiawur. At Jalalab?.d it is navigable fc.rj.ilchs, or rafts of 

 a particular conftrudion; and as no embarkations in hollow 

 veffelsarein ufe, we may infer that the navigation isinterrupted 

 by rapids, for the water of the Kamah is fufficicnt to carry 

 boats. The Cabul, after receiving, the rivers ofEiJore, Pen- 

 jekorch, Chendoul, and Sewad, joins the Indus at .Attock. 



CABURE, in QmUljology, the Brafilian name of the 

 great eared owl of that country, Strix Brasiliana of 

 recent authors. The Caboure of Wilhighby is the fame 

 bird. 



CABU.R.NS, in Sealanguagt, denote fmali lines made of 

 fpun yarn, wherewith to bind cables, feize tackles, and the 

 like. 



CABUSEIBA, in Botany. See Myroxylon Pcru- 



V I A N U M . 



CABYBARA, in Zoology, an animal of the Cavsa 

 genus, dillinguifiied fpeclfically by having no tail ; fore feet- 

 three toed, and palmated. Schrcber. 



This animal grows to the length of about two feet and an 

 half; the head is oblong ; fnout narrow ; noftrlls black and 

 roundilh ; upper lip cleft ; whifliers black ; eyes large % 

 cars fhort, ereft, naked, and black. It inhabits the eaftcra 

 parts of South America, where it frequents fenny woods 

 near large rivers ; fwims and dives well ; feeds on filli and 

 vegetables, the former of which it catches in the night j 

 bnngs forth one young at a time. This is the thick nofed 

 tapir of Pennant. 



CABYLA, or Calvbe, in Ancient Geography, a final! 

 town of Thrace. 



CABYLES,ir. Moilem Btjlory, the Mooriili mountaineers 

 ol Algiers (See Algiers), are partly the immediate def- 

 cendants ot the molt ancient inhabiUnts of the country, 

 and in this refpea frequently denominated Brebers or Ber- 

 bers (See Brebes); and partly the mixed progeny of the 

 aborigines and of the nations who in former times invaded 

 the country and fettled in it ; but all of them have always 

 been and lldl are dillingui(h,d from the other inhabitants of 

 the country by their language, love of freedom, and rude- 

 nnpohilied manners. The Cabyles arc divided into dillina 

 tribes, many of which are free and independent, and do not 

 acknow edge the fuperiority of Algiers ; efpecially thofe 

 who inhabit the inacceffiblc ridges of mountains. The 

 neighbouring tribes are often united by friendly alliance, 

 without fubjefting themfelves to a common head. Others 

 live in a continual ftate of contention and feud with their 

 neighbours, the chief caufes of which are the fhfidelity and 

 elopement of their wives. They are, in general, well- 

 grown robuft, meagre, and of a fun-burnt red, and often 

 bl.ncki(h-yellow complexion, and have black or dark-brown 

 nair. 1 heir external appearance is rendered ftill more 

 uncouth by dirt and tattered clothes. They commonly 

 dwell in ftraw-huts ; though ftone-houfes occafionally occur 

 in their " daferas," or villages. Their number decreafes. 

 and t.ieir love of hberty gradually declines. The inhabi- 

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