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called a ycihu ; these are excellent animals for riding a sort 

 of jog-trot on long journeys, and it is wonderful what a 

 weight they will carry in addition to the rider. At Kushk 

 we saw several herds of ordinary jjonies, which we were told 

 were bred there for sale to traders. 



House — khdna, dan. 



With scarcely an exception all the houses of this part of 

 the country are built of sun-dried bricks, and the roofs are 

 domed with the same material. This is solely due to the 

 want of fuel for burning bricks, and the absence of timber 

 for the purposes of roofing. To see a house with a flat roof 

 is exceptional, and the natives say that they are always 

 dangerous to live in owing to the havoc that white ants play 

 with any timber that may be employed in the roofing. These 

 domed houses have no windows, only an opening on one side 

 in the top of the roof for the exit of smoke, and a small nar- 

 row door. They are very comfortable to live in during winter, 

 but quite unbearable in summer. The houses for cattle are 

 all built of basket work — wattle — dabbed over with clay. 



Hiika — ifX:^ — the technical term for that portion of 

 the pipe which holds the water through which 

 the smoke is drawn ; ordinarily a pipe for 

 smoking tobacco. 



Hulu — -^j-X^ — the Teheran term for the peach, the 

 fruit of Prunus persiga ; Arabic for sweet, 

 pleasant to the eye or taste. 



Hum — -^i> — huma, um, uma — Ephedra p ach ycl ad a 

 and other species. The same name is also 

 applied in Baluchistan to Periploca aphylla, 

 where both plants are common. 



Hum-i-handah — [the knotted or jointed Ephedra], 

 Ephedra foliata. 



Humulus Lupulus, Linn. IJRTicACEiE. 



The Hop, grows in enormous quantities in Mazanderan, the 

 Caspian province of Persia, in apparently an indigenous 

 condition. I believe it would flourish if cared for in the 

 Kohistan range and to the east of Herat, also round 



