1840.] Existence of Copper in the territory of Luz. 33 



A. Certainly, I saw it plainly, and could point it out to you. 

 Q. Is there much of the ore ? 



A. Yes, it is a mountain, and you could get any quantity. 

 Q. Are lead and antimony found there, (Shisa ? Soorma ?) 

 A. Yes, in abundance, the latter is exported. 



From the foregoing information, it appears to me, that no 

 doubt can exist respecting the existence of copper in the vicinity 

 of the Kunnaraj river, and Bela. 



Firstly, Because the guide heard such a report at the spot from 

 the people of the place. 



Secondly, Because it was known to the native Sukkaramdass. 



Thirdly, Because I have conversed with a person who declares 

 he has been there, and because it is well known to more than 

 one person, that he had procured copper and sold it at 

 Kurrachee. 



This statement is clear and distinct, and I think at least 

 worthy of notice and inquiry, if not of implicit belief. 



P.S. I have been promised specimens of the ore, and that it 

 shall be melted in my presence ; when brought it is my inten- 

 tion to weigh the ore, and ascertain what proportion of copper it 

 yields. 



Memoir on the Climate, Soil, Produce, and Husbandry of Afghan- 

 istan and the neighbouring Countries. — By Lieut. Irwin. 1 



PART IV. 



Husbandry and Cultivation. 

 165. It was originally my intention to have attempted a 

 treatise of considerable length on this subject, in which would 

 have been mentioned all the cultivated products, as far as ascer- 

 tained, of all the districts. To this would have been added an 

 account of the operations of agriculture in some of the most in- 

 teresting and best known of them, with some details of the life 

 of the poor. Various reasons now withhold me from this attempt, 

 and among them the chief is the want of time to execute it with 



1 Continued from p. 1015. vol. vin. 



