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money. With these were mixed 
people of the town in white tur- 
bans, some in large white or dark 
blue frocks, and others in sheep- 
skin cloaks: Persians and Af- 
ghauns, in brown woollen tunics, 
or flowing mantles, and caps of 
black sheep-skin or coloured silk; 
Khyberees, with the straw san- 
dals, and the wild dress and air 
of their mountains; Hindoos, 
uniting the peculiar features and 
manner of their own nation, to 
the long beard, and the dress of 
the country ; and Hazaurehs, not 
more remarkable for their conical 
caps of skin, with the wool ap- 
pearing like a fringe round the 
edge, and for their broadfaces and 
little eyes, than for their want of 
the beard which is the ornament 
of every other face in the city.— 
Among these, might be discover- 
ed a few women, with long white 
veils that reached their feet, and 
some of the king’s retinue in the 
grotesque caps and fantastic ha- 
bits which mark the class to 
which each belongs. Sometimes 
a troop of armed horsemen passed, 
and their appearance wasannounc- 
ed by the clatter of their horses 
hoofs on the pavement, and by the 
jingling of their bridles. Some- 
times, when the king was going 
out; the streets were choaked with 
horse and foot, and dromedaries 
bearing swivels, and large wav- 
ing red and green flags; and, at 
all times, loaded dromedaries, or 
heavy Bactarian camels, covered 
with shaggy hair, made their way 
slowly through the streets; and 
mules, fastened together in circles 
of eight or ten, were seen off the 
road, going round and round to 
cool them after their labour, while 
their keepers were indulging at an 
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eating-house, or enjoying a smoke 
of a hired culleeaun in the street, 
Amidst all this throng, we gene- 
rally passed without any notice, 
except a salaum alaikum from a 
passenger, accompaniedby a bow, 
with the hands crossed in front, 
or an application from a beggar, 
who would call out for relief from 
the Feringee Khauns, admonish 
us that life was short, and the be- 
nefit of charity immortal, or re- 
mind us that what was little’to us 
was a great deal to them, 
It sometimes happened, that 
we were descried by a boy froma . 
window; and his shout of Ooph 
Feringhee would bring all the wo- 
men and children in the house to 
stareat us till we were out of sight. 
The roads in the country were 
seldom very full of people, though 
theyweresometimes enlivened bya 
group of horsemen going out to 
forage, and listening to a Pushtoo 
or Persian song, which was shout- 
ed by one of their companions.— 
It was common in the country to 
meet a man of the lower order 
with ahawk on his fist, and a poin- 
ter at his heels ; and we frequent- 
ly saw fowlers catching quails 
among the wheat, after the harvest 
was far enough advanced. A net 
was fastened at one corner of the 
field, two men held each an end 
of a rope stretched across the op- 
posite corner, and dragged it for- 
ward, soas to shake all the wheat, 
and drive the quails before it into 
the net, which was dropped as 
soon as they entered. The num~ 
bers caught in this manner are al- 
most incredible. . 
Nothing could exceed the civi- 
lity of the country people. We 
were often invited into gardens, 
and we were welcomed in every 
