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where it runs with greater rapidity and force than elsewhere, between two steep mountains, whence proceeding, after a long course, it joins with the Chelum."
10And like a star on Mahmoud's wave, &c. "It appears like a lake covered with rocks and mountains. Stones, when thrown in, make a surprising noise, and the river itself is deemed unfathomable."—Middleton's Geography.
11Proud Hirney Purvit rears his head, &c. There is an oval lake, which joins the Chelum towards the east. The Yucht Suliman and Hirney Purvit form the two sides of what may be called a grand portal to the lake. They are hills; one of which is sacred to the great Solyman."
