AMONG THE AFFGHANS. 



A SURVEYOR'S NARRATIVE. 

 BY G. B. SCOTT, OP THE INDIA SURVEY. 



[MAGA. NOVEMBER 1879.] 



I. 



AMONG the tribes with whom our Affghan expe- 

 ditions have brought us into contact, in the 

 interior of the Ameer's country, the Afreedees, the 

 Mohniunds, the Shinwarrees, and the Khugianees 

 are the most remarkable clans ; and between Gan- 

 damuk and Cabul is one more powerful tribe, which 

 has exercised great influence upon the affairs of 

 Affghanistan the Ghilzais. I purpose giving some 

 details of these clans, the result of my wanderings 

 among them. 



Between the Cabul wars of 1839-1842 and the late 

 one, our Government had no dealings with any of 

 these but the Mohmunds, who border on British ter- 



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