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KAFFIRISTAN, MEDICINE, ETC. 



Nakhtur 

 and Baloot . Colchicum . 



. Andropoyjoneoe . 

 . Thymus, Ocyrnum, . 

 Celtis 



Zanthoxylon mispilus . Cystoides 

 . Schoenanthus 



Amygdalus, wild Budam . 

 Sprerioides, . Edgeworthia 



Dodonaea, . Paeriploca, Euonymus, Cryptondioid, Arum 



Kubus, . Nerium. 



March 9th. — Yesterday evening a female of Lophophorus, was 

 brought in, and a beautiful pheasant, having claret-coloured neck. 

 Body otherwise fuscous and blackish-brown, having a blackish- green 

 head, white cheeks and fine transverse crest, as large as a middle-sized 

 fowl. Apparently a new subgenus of Phasianus. 



11th. — Swallows have now come in here. They are apparently a 

 different species from the Pushut kind. 



12th. — The large-headed lark has also come in, so that there is a 

 difference of twelve or fourteen days between this part of the country 

 and Pushut, where it was first seen, although this is only 500 feet 

 higher, and about thirteen miles farther north. 



The universality of the common crow is curious, especially when 

 contrasted with the circumscribed locality of Jackdaws. The Indian 

 Jackdaw is never found in hills. 



A common plover was brought in yesterday, the wing- quills had 

 been taken out, and its gestures on being liberated were most absurd, 

 and although originating from fright, were much allied to pride, its 

 head reclining on its neck, the latter curved, and the feet lifted high 

 into a stately walk, while the crest was disposed in a most superci- 

 lious manner. 



I have got into great request here as a physician, entirely I appre- 

 hend owing to the people's faith in vilayuti daroo, or English medi- 

 cine, especially calomel and cream of tartar, a combination of which 

 has proved an universal panacea. 



Goitre is common here, and the place in the hot months is said to 

 be very unhealthy, fever and jaundice carry off numbers of people. 

 The Affghans, strange to say, have no popular medicines, but they are 

 an unintelligent race in many other points. They are aware of blood- 

 letting, which they practise most indiscriminately. 



