210 Brigade-Surgeon J. E. T. Aitchison's Notes on Products 



Tingdr — ^I^j — tinkCii' — JSJ3 — tinkdl — ^X*J' — 



Borax, Biborate of soda. 

 Tlr — -j.j^ — an arrow. 

 To, for tor — -jy — a sweetheart, beloved, cream, a 



peach. 

 Tobacco — the prepared leaves of Nicotiana Tabacum, 



and Nicotiana rustica. 

 Togi, thvgt, tugl — Italian Millet, Setaria italica. 

 Tokhm, probably the same word as tuhhm — ^" — a 



seed ; the name for- Celtis caucasica. 

 Tomato — the fruit of Solanum Lycopersicum. 

 Tor — -jyi — to — a sweetheart, beloved, cream, a 



peach. 

 Tortoise — Testudo horsfieldii. 

 Tosh — Ji^j — power, strength. 

 Tosh-hake — [the strong box], a Tortoise. 

 Toti — a covering. 

 Toto — ^^ — covering each other as the layers of an 



onion. 



Trachydium Lehmanni, Benth. et HooTier. Umbellifer^. 

 Skahikal. The roots of this plant are collected and 

 exported as a medicine ; they are the thickness of an 

 ordinary pencil at the top of the root, and are about 4 inches 

 in length, tapering very rapidly to a point. These are 

 considered very valuable as a diet for improving the memory 

 and increasing brain-power. 



Trade — 



After consideration of the various products of the country, 

 it is but natural to note what of this local produce does the 

 country export, and lastly what products does it import for 

 its own requirements. 



Herat and Meshad are the two great centres of trade in 

 this country — the one lying to the east, the other to the west, 

 — through which all the trade of these parts passes both 

 for exportation and importation. The chief exportation 

 consists of sheep and goats ; wools — sheep's wool, and fine 

 camel and goats' hair ; woollen goods, carpets, cloths, felts, 



