. 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. lya syllable of which I could so Mr. Masson, who, understandingall he sang, was giving me a very signi-ficant glance from time to time. He after-wards explained to me the meaning of thesongs. The singer was a perfect Davide, inhis way, and exhibited a power of executionfar superior to any thing I have ever heardin the East. * If he continue to improve SINGING STRATAGEM. 383 as hitherto, remarked the
. 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. lya syllable of which I could so Mr. Masson, who, understandingall he sang, was giving me a very signi-ficant glance from time to time. He after-wards explained to me the meaning of thesongs. The singer was a perfect Davide, inhis way, and exhibited a power of executionfar superior to any thing I have ever heardin the East. * If he continue to improve SINGING STRATAGEM. 383 as hitherto, remarked the minister, * hewill be quite a prodigy. Do you not hearwhat he sings ? If we dont get an answerfrom one city, we will from another! Myheart is tilled with affliction, and how longare my hopes to be delayed ? It is sur-prising, he added, * how soon they learnany thing from my teaching. When theygo out elsewhere, they sing the songs ofHafiz; but, when they come to my house,they find other themes for their could be no doubt whatever that hehad composed the words himself, by way ofeliciting from us some remark on the inten-tions of the Indian Government KAFFIR SLAVES AT KABUL, p. 2 CHAPTER XII. Eating the Hulym—Shah Shujas Expedition and De-feat—Remarks upon the Affairs of Persia, Afghanistan,and the British Policy—Dost Mohamed and his FutureConduct—Khiva—Russian Expedition—Remarks onthe Kirghiz Kazaks and their Country—DifferentRoutes to Khiva—Horse-Racing—Anecdote— Com-merce of the Kirghiz Kazaks—Mode of Attack ofthe Kirghiz Kazaks, and Object—Conclusion. On the twelfth of October, the Ameer andall the grandees of Kabul assembled in the THE HULYM. 385 Nawabs bath, a large, but dark room,heated by flues, to eat the Hulym, a cus-tomary dish at the commencement of thecold weather. It is eaten by the Mussul-men in India, as well as in and wheat are beaten up togethertill they form a thick paste; huge dishes,such as
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