Indian pictures and problems . ing of the tribes andtheir ways, of poor General Havelock-Allan,who lost his life near Ali Musjid, until we reachedthat historic fortress towering up into the sky atthe narrowest defile of the Pass. At its foot isa small white mosque, from which the place takesits name, where the good Mohammedans fromKabul bent to prayer in little groups as theypassed. Leaving the carriage at the foot of thehill we walked up into the Fort, and were re-warded by a glorious view of the country back inthe direction of Jamrud, with the Afghan caravanwearily winding its way along the
Indian pictures and problems . ing of the tribes andtheir ways, of poor General Havelock-Allan,who lost his life near Ali Musjid, until we reachedthat historic fortress towering up into the sky atthe narrowest defile of the Pass. At its foot isa small white mosque, from which the place takesits name, where the good Mohammedans fromKabul bent to prayer in little groups as theypassed. Leaving the carriage at the foot of thehill we walked up into the Fort, and were re-warded by a glorious view of the country back inthe direction of Jamrud, with the Afghan caravanwearily winding its way along the Pass. We next visited the block-houses of the Fort,after which, descending the other side of the hillby a tortuous path, we joined the tonga in thePass and proceeded to Lundi Kotal, another elevenmiles or so. As before, the road was picketed atintervals by the Khyber Rifles, whose posts cancommunicate visibly from one end of the Passto the other. From Ali Musjid to Lundi Kotal the scenery is even more sheer and impressive, 106.
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