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flour mixed with gall and Marg-i-Mahee, (the fish-bone nut) which he 

 threw into the stream, the surface of which was soon covered with 

 floating fishes in a state of intoxication, (not dead). Bringing them to 

 land was good fun for the boys who had assembled. 



Observing in the crowd of spectators the village Mulla (who are gene- 

 rally half-read) who evidently regarded us as cannibals, I enquired why 

 they did not eat fish ; he replied, he could not tell me, but it was un- 

 doubtedly lawful food. A good stock of fine large fish being now 

 laid before us, I begged the Mulla to make them lawful eating ; this, he 

 ought to have known, could be done by merely dashing the live ones 

 thrice to the ground. He however looked disconcerted at my request, 

 and hesitated. After a short time, during which we all kept our coun- 

 tenances, he called for a knife and was about to cut their throats, when 

 I suggested that the bellies were the proper places ; and he actually, 

 after pronouncing his solemn " Bismillah Allah Akbar," went through 

 this first part of the cook's duty : and, as he looked after us as we de- 

 parted to breakfast, I have no doubt he said to himself, " These Faringees 

 are after all not such a dirty feeding set of Kafars as they are said 

 to be." 



The Hazarahs, notwithstanding the general enmity between the tribe 

 and the Ghiljyes and Afghans, have their friends and allies among 

 them ; three Maliks of the Alee-khel Ghiljyes have gone over to Sultan 

 Bakar, the deadly enemy of their tribe, having quarrelled with their 

 brother Malik : their names are Mato, Natho, and Shahabudeen. 



The Hazarahs have been driven out of part of their country by the 

 Wardaks (from the stages of Haft Asya, Hyder-khel, Shashgou, &c.) 

 These Wardaks are said to amount to 9,000. 



The Hooree Wardaks, who now occupy this part of the road from 

 Ghuznee to Cabool, are divided into three clans ; Malee-khel, Badud 

 (Bahadur) khel, and Hyder-khel. 



The Malee-khels are divided into Hasan-khel, Hasrah, Muradee-khel, 

 and Shadee-khel. 



The Badud-khels into Panchpaee Zeerak and Khaja Khidr, and the 

 Hyder-khels into Tokur-khel and Eesa-khel. 



The Hoorees are reckoned at 2,000 snookes, or houses. 



In their hills there is a grass called Tabarghan that sheep feed on, 

 which imparts a fine flavour to the ghee, milk, and its other preparations. 



