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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by P. 



rawford 



AX IRON MAN-CAGE NKAR THE SUMMIT OP LATABUND PASS, AFGHANISTAN 



This pass has always been infested with thieves, and during the reign of Abdur Rahman 

 one of the felons was caught, put in this iron cage, raised to the top of the pole, so that his 

 friends could not pass food or poison to him, and here he was left to die (see pp. 105 and 106). 



