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In Forsters edition, this sentence is differently expressed, as follows: "On the nineteenth they came to a town called Naas, or Naar, near which several Zeijids, or descendants of Mahomet, are settled, at a place named Termed". E. This name Kabul is evidently a mistake for Kamul, Khamul, Khamil, Kamyl, or Chamil; called Hami by the Chinese. Astl.
After leaving the province of Chamil, we enter into that of Chinchintalas , subject to the great khan, which is bounded by the desert on the north, and is sixteen days journey in length.
This province, of which the city of Chamil or Hami is the capital , is bounded by two deserts; the great desert of Lop already mentioned, and another which is only three days journey across . The inhabitants are idolaters, have a peculiar language, and appear to live only for amusement, devoting their whole time to singing, dancing, and sports, playing upon instruments of music, and reading and writing after their fashion.
Called Chamil or Hami in the maps, in lat. 43° N. and long. 92° E It stands in a province of the same name, on the north side of the great desert of Cobi, and to the N.E. of the land of the Kalmuks, or little Bucharia. Of the Mutual Victories of the Mongals and Cathayans.
Of the Province of Chamil and several other Countries on the road from thence to the City of Ezina; and of another great Desert. The province of Chamil, which abounds in all the necessaries of life, is situated in the wide country of Tangut, and is subject to the great khan.
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