192 Biigade-Surgeou J. E. T. Aitchisou's Noten on Prodvrtfi 



Shushag — pieces of l)roken pottery (Helmand). 



Sh utar — ^a^ — sh u thar — a camel. 



Shutar-khdr — J^y*.^ — [the camel-thorn], Alhagi 



CAMELORUM. 



Shutar-mdr — [camel-snake], Vipera obtusa, and the 



Cobra, Naia oxiana. 

 Sla — Aj.«. — ''^Icl — sUv. — black. 

 Sla-choh — i__»3.^A>A« — [black-stick], the shrub 



COTONEASTER FUMMULARIA. 



Sia-hCi — sLf*jkA« — [the herb (yielding) l^lack] ; the 



shrub MiCRORHYNCHUS SPINOSUS. 



Sla -hand — ^xii'^^-w. — [black-sugar]. Molasses. 

 Sia-khdk — t»r,.=i*jX*g — [black-earth] ; the Ergot on 



Rye, Secale cereale. 

 Sla -kh a na — *j '.^ *>a« — [black tents] . 

 Sla-koh — iy^if-j.^ — [black mountain]. 

 Sla-liny — lL^J;1a>a«< — [black limb] ; the name for 



Prunus CALYCosus, owiug to the extremely dark 



colouring the bark takes on when employed as 



a staff. 

 Sia-posh — (_r>j*j^ — [clad in lilack] ; the name of a 



tribe. 

 Sla-roghan — manufactured tar, pitch. 

 Slahk — the Marten, or Pole-cat. 

 Skll — jLj^ — n weed, grass, 

 SlCd-i-we — the grass PoA bulbo.sa. 

 Sih, seb — v_.v* — an apple, Pyrus Malus. 

 Slch — _».«j — trouble. 



Sich, sick — Eremurus aurantiacus and Eremurus 



Olg^. 

 Sikh — ^>«. — a wooden skewer, a spit. 

 Slkhaol — Sy^j^*^ — [bearing skewers] ; a Porcupine, 



Hystrix species. 

 Silk — resliam ; raw-silk, resliam-i-khdmak — 



Sericulture in tliis country has of late years become 

 terribly depressed, owing to sickness and disease amongst 



