1 EUROPEANS IN AFGHAUN. 289
2 Europp(in» who settle in the country, seem to be safe enough. The Constantinapolitan
3 iriiom I have mentioaed, made and lost a oonnderable fiartime by commerce in the
4 A^^bMin ooontry ; bat u lie udtt ih* ViUeir't ppotecdon sBdie time he was ridi, be
5 is scarodj a firir eiuniple. Pa^ Frtnoe eppean not to be mobitod; and an En^Ui
6 deserter who gave him^i If up to me nt Moultaun, gave rt fnvonrnWe account of his treat-
7 ment. He used ev&n to be invited to dimm with the Doorauuee chie& at Dera Ghauzee
8 Khann, wfaershebad beenentpbyed. The IMBan Ifahaamiedsns, wbosometimea came
9 to ifcat pnt of the country, used to give Iilni trouble, by telling the A%hauns that they
10 were making a companion of an indSkiel «^ would not scruple to eat a hog; but the
11 Aighauns said they saw no harm in his behaviour, and did not seem to care for his reli-
12 gkm. For similar good oflfees of the Indians, see Mr. Durie's Journal : they do not
13 arisi from ill will, but from file HIiMloo^i^iidioe of cert, vitfa vfakh the Mmwihney i*
14 India are dee^y infected.
15 I kuoir of no cAer Eurapeane hi <he eountry : a single inWibitwit' <if Ae RliMien
16 empire may now and then eomie down irith • oermea ^Qte « mn of Astraohan vihma t
17 met at Moultaun), but none rt'»i<!e in the country. It ceems to be believed iu Europe,
18 that the Russians have a iactory and some influt^ce in Bulkh; but there is certainly no
19 fcanieiinn Ibr Ae notloBi I ondd hear of w ertriMWimcnt of Aabt oeenr tftaB
20 Orenburg (to the MtA of flw CoigieB 8«k)b cKMpt theiv oanqoBrta fm Aa MrttH
21 west of Persia.
22 Befiwe I quit this subject, I may mention tiie Europeans whom I have heard of
23 ae havb^- visited A^haunistaun in modem times. Besides; Ifr. IVxter, a French gen>
24 tleman, named M. Massy, went from India to Europe by tliiit route. A German Officer
25 who aftenrards had a command in the service of the Indian Bt^guni SuomK)^ was for
26 loma tunfe wi ^annjof Tiaour Shsuh. Another Cnropean dlied at Bolkh aooae yean
27 ifgo, on his wi^ from India to Europe. He was dei^cribed to be a man of a melan-
28 cholv turn, but mild and wp]| informed; he was called Yar Fatizil (an Arabic name of
29 liu own inventioa» probably intended to mean the friend of learning}. While I was in
30 Ae Ckiifaid doninioUf'aTeiy mldUgnt Frnehi^
31 the name of Jean Thomas, and who had latterfy been i^trongly suspected of heiag a gpf^
32 ceciqped from India, and pa&sed through part of the A%haun dominions. He managed
33 his journey with great courage and address, and eluded all the attempts which were made
34 to ^prebend him. Two Froichmen also were rtated, in letters from Heraut, to have
35 arrived nt thnt city, not long after I left the country. Conwdering ho^v loug the French
36 had a uunaiuu at Teheraun, there can be no doubt that they have good information re-
37 specting dweeoottBtriea; hot thenetnre of their govemment predndei all hope that they
38 f^ghiedievorid their information, which must be eo anfimNBeafala to die hopes of dioia
39 wlifi count on penetrating to India by that route.
40 1 have heard of no other Europeans in the A^^iaun dominioQf beyond the Indita^
41 fart llHPe I hna BMnlionaiL