MISCELLANIES. 
buildings; and a private garden. 
All the bazars, except that lead- 
ing to the palace, were at one 
time planted with trees; and a 
narrow canal is said to have run 
down the middle of each; but 
many of the trees have withered, 
and if the canals ever existed, they 
are no longer visible. The city 
is, however, very well watered by 
two large canals drawn from the 
Urghundaub, which are crossed 
in different places by little bridges. 
From these canals small water- 
courses run to almost every street 
in the town, which are in some 
Streets open, and in some under 
ground. All the other streets run 
from the four great bazars. Though 
natrow, they are all straight, and 
almost all cross each other at right 
angles. 
The town is divided into many 
Mohullas, or quarters, each of 
which belongs to one of the nu-= 
merous tribes and nations which 
form the inhabitants of the city. 
Almost all the great Dooraunees 
- have houses in Candahar, and 
some of them are said to be large 
and elegant. 
There are many caravanserais 
and mosques ; but of the latter, 
one only near the palace is said 
to be handsome. The tomb of 
Ahmed Shauh also stands near the 
palace; it is not a large building, 
but has a handsome cupola, and 
is elegantly painted, gilt, and 
otherwise ornamented within, It 
is held in high veneration by the 
Dooraunees, and is an asylum 
against all enemies, even the King 
not ventuting to touch a man who 
has taken refuge there. When 
any of the great lords are discon- 
tented, itis common for them to 
give out that they intend to quit 
523 
the world, and to spend their lives 
in prayer at the tomb of Ahmed 
Shauh; and certainly if ever an 
Asiatic king deserved the grati- 
tude of his country, it was 
Ahmed Shauh. 
Onthewhole, Candahar, though 
it is superior to most of the cities 
in Asia in its plan, is by no means 
magnificent. It is built for the 
most part of brick, often with no 
other cement than mud. The 
Hindoos, as usual, have the best 
houses of the common people, 
and they adhere to their custom 
of building them very high. The 
streets of Candaharareverycrowd- 
ed from noon till evening, and all 
the various trades that have been 
described at Peshawer, are alsocar- 
ried on there,except that of water- 
sellers, which is here unnecessary, 
astherearereservoirsevery where, 
furnished - with leathern buckets, 
fitted to handles of wood or horn, 
for people to draw water with.— 
Ballad-singers and story-tellers 
are also numerous in the bazars, 
and all articles from the west are 
in much greater plenty and per- 
fection than at Peshawer. 
Contrary to what is the case 
with other cities in Afghaunistaun, 
the greater part of tie inhabitants 
of Candahar are Afghauns, and 
of these by far the greater num- 
ber are Dooraunees. But their 
condition here bears no resem- 
blance to that of their brethren in 
the country. The peculiar insti- 
tutions of the Afghaun tribes are 
superseded by the existence of a 
strong government, regular courts 
of law, and an efficient police.— 
The rustic customs of the Af- 
ghauns are also in a great measure 
Jaid aside: and, in exteriors, the 
inhabitants of Candahar a good 
