

868 Geographical Notice of the Valley of Jullalabad. QNo. 155. 



of Butteekote is joined on the Nortfr by that of Chardeh, and the 

 country to the South of it, and of the plain of Jullalabad, slants up 

 to the base of the Soofaid Koh. Besh Boolay is included in this 

 highland, which Lieutenant Wood of the Indian^ Navy, describes as 

 embracing all the rough and broken ground between the Khybur 

 and Kurkutcha ranges, and estimates its length at fifty-nine miles, 

 and its mean width at fifteen. 



5. The small plain of Dukka lies on the Western entrance of the 



Khybur pass ; the Cabul river marks its Northern boundary ; 



Dukka. 



it is enclosed on all other sides by the inferior ranges of the 



Khybur hills (Khoord Khybur) ; the high road from Dukka to Julla- 

 labad defiles Westerly through the hills, and at the narrow part of 

 the pass, a Thanah of Momunds is stationed for the protection of tra- 

 vellers; on debouching from the defile the road leads out on the Geer- 

 dee country, passes on to Huzurnow and Bersawul, and opens out on 

 the valleys of Butteekote and Chardeh. 



6. The plain of Butteekote is little else than a stony desert; that of 

 „ ■ .. ; Chardeh is more fertile, on the North of which flows the 



Butteekote. ' 



Cabul river. Mar Koh, or serpent hill, limits its Eastern 

 boundary ; on its West are the Alee Boghan hills, and South lies the 

 Butteekote desert; its length may be estimated at nine miles, and 

 mean width at three and a half. 



7. To describe the plain of Jullalabad, I will quote from Lieutenant 

 Wood's report on this part of the country, submitted to Government 

 in 1833. 



" A ridge of hills called Deh Koh, or the black, rises about Jug- 

 dull uk, and running East by North till it meets the Cabul river, 

 bounds the plain of Jullalabad on the North ; to the South it has the 

 highland of Nung Nuhan ; East it has the hills of Alee Baghan and 

 desert of Butteekote, while its Western limit is marked by ridges 

 which here project into the valley of the Soorkh Rood. 



" The length of the Jullalabad plain is twenty-five miles, and its 

 width does not exceed four miles. A plain situated so high up the 

 temperate zone, with snowy mountains in sight on the North and 

 South, producing all the vegetable productions of a more Southern 

 clime, is one of those exceptions, resulting from local influences, that 

 are often found to militate against received opinions regarding climate. 



