. A personal narrative of a visit to Ghuzni, Kabul and Afghanistan, and of a residence at the court of Dost Mohamed: with notices of Runjit Sing, Khiva, and the Russian expedition. nce of Socrates,—that the building tookplace a great many years ago ! Partly inorder to show how anxious he was to pleaseMr. Masson and myself, as Englishmen, hedrank off, in about half an hour, three asstiff tumblers of my English brandy andwater as I ever remember to have seenfinished in the same time. Although aMussulman and unused to such potations,he did not appear the least affected by presented him with
. A personal narrative of a visit to Ghuzni, Kabul and Afghanistan, and of a residence at the court of Dost Mohamed: with notices of Runjit Sing, Khiva, and the Russian expedition. nce of Socrates,—that the building tookplace a great many years ago ! Partly inorder to show how anxious he was to pleaseMr. Masson and myself, as Englishmen, hedrank off, in about half an hour, three asstiff tumblers of my English brandy andwater as I ever remember to have seenfinished in the same time. Although aMussulman and unused to such potations,he did not appear the least affected by presented him with a likeness of hisson, Abdul Ghias Khan, then at afterwards curious to learn the fateof this drawing, I ascertained that it hadbeen quarrelled for, and torn in half, in theZunana ; and that his younger brothers hadthen sold it to his old nurse for five rupees. ENTER KABUL. 153 The Nawab and Mr. Masson precededme into Kabul the next morning. By theiradvice, I had doffed my EngUsh shooting-jacket and broad-brimmed white hat, infavour of a handsome Multan silk turbanand a native dress of English printed calico,which were presented to me, ready-made,by the WHITE MARBLE MOSftUE AT BABERs TOMB, KABUI., LOOKING NORTH. CHAPTER VI. Character of the Country between Ghuzni and Kabul—A Kabul Dwelling-House—Aspect of the City—Bazaars—Climate—Description of the Bala Hissar—Variety of the Population—Origin of the Afghans—Neighbourhood of Kabul and Productions—Fruits,Flowers—Account of the Gardens—Manners of thePeople—A Bigoted Mussulman—Conduct of DostMahomed and his Sons to the Author—Sporting-Dogs of Mahomed Akber Khan. The character of the country throughwhich I had travelled from Ghuzni, was ASPECT OF THE COUNTRY. 155 that of flat and extended wastes, boundedby still more barren mountains. The drearyaspect of the scenery was varied only byoccasional patches of verdure produced byirrigation from a village stream. But theChaharDeh, through
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