1 WOOD, WITH THE BRiaBI OF SOME AETICLE& M
2 tiie hair off the body, aiid dying the beard, only cost one hundred
3 dinars (three pence hal^enny) ; an Abas&y (less than one shilling) Is
4 IBdconed liberal payment finm a rich maxL The baths are appro-
5 priated to llie women Ibr aonne bonis every day, and during ihal;
6 time no man is allowed to approach them.
7 . The feod of the cominon pec^ is leavened bxead, rice, flesh, ve^ ,
8 gatafales^ sometimes dhees^ and always Sjoot or Koroot *. Rovio^ie
9 aie dieap^ and the people denre a great ^nxmy fiom the pvodiglniiit
10 abondance of firait At Canfanlt grapes are dear whoi they seQ Sor
11 mora than a findiing afKmnd; pomegianates ace Utile mora than m
12 Ini^pemiy a ponnd; apples adl at two hundred pomds Ibr a'ropee
13 {£1 : 4 : 4) ^ two saHs of sptiooCs are equally diesp* and the dener
14 sorts are less than a hal^pomy a pound; peaches are deaier,>biit
15 qoindes snd phnns are as chesp, and makms much cheaper ; grapee
16 often bear scaroe' any price, and the coarse sort, which is exported'
17 with so much care to India> is sometimes given to cattle. Nuts of all
18 kinds are very cheap, ai^ walnuts, with whidi the hUls north of
19 Canbui are covered, sell at two thousand tor a rupee. The price of
20 TfgHtablp" is also extremely low; The smalla^ piece of coppec
21 money, much less than a halfpenny, purchases ten pounds of spmagei
22 twoity-five of cabbage, and of carrots, turnips, pumkins, or cucum-
23 bers. Coriander seeds, turmeric and ginger also sell extremely
24 cheap. Ice, or rather snow, is to be had in Caubul, during the sum-
25 mer, for a mere trifle. It is dearer at Caiidali;ir, but still within the
26 reach of the poorest people. A favourite i'vod at that season is ftilo-
27 deh, a jelly strained from boiled wheat, and eaten witli the L X|>ress^
28 juice of fruits and ice, to which cream also is sometimes added. In
29 xvinter, living is, of course, more expensive, and this is particularly
30 felt in the city of Caubul, where provisions become dearer j it is
31 * Koomt » iMde of dried enrdt pwod into hard lumpa. It u wraped doim
32 and mixed with miik, fiml in thi« state the Afghauns of all r:ink>< nrc very fond of
33 it, but it is sour, and to me very uopalataMc. It is called " Kowout," in Tartaiy,
34 Mid « Kftishk," in Mtu
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