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several others of inferior note, such as the Berravol and the Caron ; the 

 latter intersects the district of Penjecoore between the Awchiri and the 

 Suwat. 



The river of Penjecoore is the most considerable in those regions 

 next to that of Cabul ; hence I have to say of this also, that during the 

 liquefaction of the mountain snows it cannot be crossed but with rafts. 

 Without being very deep its current is extremely rapid, and its bed is 

 so sown with rocks and slippery stones, that of ten persons that wade 

 it when its water is low, half are sure to stumble. After leaving 

 Dhyr until its confluence with that of Suwat, it is known by the name 

 of Penjecoore, and thence, until its union with the Cabul river, by 

 that of Suwat.* I am inclined to think that it is the Gurceus of the 

 Greeks. 



Respecting the Suwat, I am at present unable to speak of it, being 

 occupied at this very moment in getting its source explored. The 

 Hindoos only know it by the name of Sihon pedra nadi. The latter is 

 undoubtedly the Soobah Vastoo of the Chinese Religious, and the 

 Suastus of Ptolemy. I would have it here observed, that the Suwat 

 and Penjecoore rivers are frequently confounded with one another by 

 the inhabitants themselves of lower Yousoufzeis, because they mix their 

 streams before they disembogue into the Cabul river, i.e. the Cophenes. 

 This mistake only takes place below their confluence, which occurs at 

 the point of Goozar Mamani, situated six or eight koss from the 

 ruins of Talache, in as much as above it they retain their distinct 

 denominations. 



The Suwat is indisputably the Suastus of Arrian, on which Alexan- 

 der sailed after coasting the Choes. 



Of a vast number of ruined cities which those regions present to 

 one's view, those that most deserve the attention of geographers and 

 archaeologists are the following :- — 



1st. The ruins of Talache, situated between the confluence of the 

 Penjecoore and the Suwat. In the midst of these massy and immense ruins 

 exists an enormous cupola, of much more elaborate architecture than 

 other monuments of that description, because it is said to support 

 around its base a number of basso relievos. 



2nd. The ruins of Berikoot, attributed to the Caffre Beri, on the 

 eastern side of the Suwat, not far from the city of Manglore, or 

 Mangar, near which is the cupola of Chinguerdar, attributed to 

 Abou-Padsha, and equally remarkable with that of Talache. A beaten 



* " Lundye river" of Tassin. The " Penjecoore i?." of M. Court has no representa- 

 tive in Tassin. 



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