2 ]5rigadc-Sui'j^e(jn J. K. T. Ailehison's Notes on Products 



my collections, I not only took great trouble to obtain them, 

 but also to verify their correctness by checking, so far as lay 

 in my power, the information received. Whenever any of 

 these native names are authorised, as the lawyers say, " by 

 being in the books," 1 have given the dictionary word in 

 addition, in Persian characters. The other native names 

 are transliterated in English characters, spelt according to 

 the etymology of the word when that is known, or according 

 to the sound as pronounced. I have tried to carry out, as 

 far as my time would allow, the etymology of the various 

 native synonyms, and to give in the alphabetical arrange- 

 ment the word or words from which each name may be 

 supposed to be derived. 



In the transliterated native synonyms the vow^els are 

 pronounced thus : — 



a, short as in luU, had. 7, as in police, machine. 



a, long and broad as in far, father, o', short as in rod, fog, frog. 



e, always as in eight, prey, obey. 0, long as in rode, mote. 



i, short as in thin, ivin, spin. u, always long as in flute, rude, rural. 



Wlien the letters j) and h come together in a word, they 

 are sounded separately and not as /. 



A very short abstract of information, for assistance to 

 further reference, will be found under tlie following head- 

 ings : — 



Cattle, Chemicals, Drugs, Dyes, Fibres, Fodders, Foods, 

 Fuel, Glue, Gums, Gum-Ebsins, Hair, Minerals, jSTarcotics (not 

 employed as Drugs), Oils, Resins, Skins, Tanning Materials, 

 Timbers, Trade, A^^ooL. 



I cannot conclude tliis Preface without thanking the 

 following officers who were also on the Afghan Delimitation 

 Commission, and who, owing to the interest they took in my 

 work, as well as in the products of the country, were ready 

 at all times to furnish me with any information they might 

 have picked up, or to discuss with me any subjects of mutual 

 interest: — Captain A. P. Cotton, B.S.C. ; Major A. C. Talbot, 

 E.E., C.I.K ; Nawab Mirza Hassain Ali Khan, C.I.E. ; and 

 ]Mr Alexander Pnin, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, who 

 at that time was on duty in Meshad. 



For further information relative to some of the products 

 of this part of tlie world I would refer the reader to — 



