of Western Affjhanistan and Nortli-Eastcni Persia. 7 



mehh — ^^ — a nail ; mclhak — ^^■< — a little 



nail, a clove. 

 Alrd — Jic — memory, wdsdom. 

 Akal — 3^1 — (Ai-abic) provisions, victuals. 

 Al'hl'uk — ^^^=l\ — Apricots, the fruit of Pruxus 



Armeniaca, when collected in an unripe state, 



and dried. 

 Akhhasli — Ji^^=^\ — unripe fruit. 



Al, III — y — the Arabic for the English article, " the." 

 Alabaster — ma rma r-i-safed, mcdmal-i-safed, sa ng- 



i-marmar, or sang-i-malmal. 



At the encampment at Zaru, we found a fakir's shrine and 

 other graves covered with fine specimens of a very pure 

 white alabaster, also gi-eat pieces of limestone composed of 

 layers of different colours, along with some good pieces of 

 chrysolite ; all these were indifferently called sang-i-malmal. 

 We met with similar specimens in several places to the south 

 of, and along the Helmand. These were all said to have 

 been brought from a place in the vicinity called Eewat, 

 whence these stones are carried to great distances as shrine 

 offerings. Between the hills of Malikdan, near Galicha, is 

 said to be a salt-mine, from which Alabaster, Gypsum, and 

 other minerals were taken to Cabul for the purpose of finish- 

 ing a mosque lately built there. 



AJaf — i-iXs — grass, herbs, forage, hay, or straw. 

 Alaf-i-shlrdg — [the grass, milk herb]. Euphorbia 



C.ELADEXIA. 



Alaf-hharez — [the fodder of the conduit], the Haw- 

 thorn, Crataegus Oxyacantha. 



Alaf-khez — [the fodder of the spring], the Haw- 

 thorn. 



Alhagi camelorum, Fii<cli. Leguminosj:. 



The camel-thorn, khar, llidr-i-hvz, hlidr-i-huzc, shuthar- 

 hhar. One of the most common and prolific slirubs met 

 with over the whole country from Quetta to Bala-morghab 

 and Meshad. "Where it grows in luxuriance it is from three 

 to four feet in height, and covers vast tracts of country. In 



