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2 my bread. In the mortiing crossed the river, having; much trouUft to
3 cross, owing to the great rapidly of" the riverJ*
4 Mr. Dniie dun peooflidad in fym da^ jonm^ io Failuiwer, piddng np
5 qcoiiidiMl oom|MnioQt (on'the MMdIi flopping to mibke in thbv^^
6 tlumigiit and gettingfeod, •omttmiM fibm tfaie villagers, and •ometimaafitam
7 other travaUen; At ' Peshawer the people complained of the depredations
8 of the Dooraunees and of the King's followers. Mr. Ehirie had hitherto tra-
9 velled without any money, but at Peshawer a barber aud some others col-
10 lected some a)pper money lor him, and he set oti with a caravan for Cauhul.
11 ** The next day got aema of my money taken slily from mo by aome boya
12 who cmte aiboot me dap|nng me on tlie ahouldef iviiila I was nBoknag.**
13 On the aame day « boy belongiiig to aome Doomunee was robbed by tbrn
14 villagers, and the Dooraunees contented themaelvea with causing restitution
15 to be made. He proceeded throngh the Khyber valley, the caravan beii^
16 often stopped and harrassed for fees by the Kliyberees. " One evening the
17 « caravan waj> stopped by an old Aighaun with a small stick in his hand ;
18 bttQgvoMdt I ventuy to him, and eaailed inyidf to lake fak stick; he
19 ** pelted me Jiaid with stones, and 0|wajJs of thirty came not finom the
20 ** aun-ounding mountains. I got ofl^ however } they let us proceed after
21 some disputation. Hie route went all the way to Lallpora on the river up
22 «* and dowTi. Had much conversation with several of the caravan concem-
23 inff Europeans and U)v embassy; they praising them very niucli, i^nd
24 holding them to be in every respect very wise, iutelligeut, aud equitable."
25 He irasnow turned o«rt of tfrn^anvan^ not being- nUe to pfty his ftcsi hut
26 he jomed- some pilgriras «iu> treated him kindly and gsvn him bread and
27 ftiiit- They also picked ft Persi u i fdlow-traveller, " who was very ettte^
28 ** taining in his discourse and in chaunting of odes." In this way he went
29 on to Caubul, which lip rcarhed in fourteen days from Peshawer; most of his
30 fellow-travellers tooit him ior -a. person of Uzbek descent. They once found
31 out he was not circumcised, and one of the pilgrims o&red to perform that
32 eeremooyfiw fauDy if hecfaoae. Mr. Dnrie declined, sad said he would get
33 itdone atCanbuL <* There ianolMHrftrnGhtiitumintimtownai noriHiea
34 ** yon' are on the road after you get to a Khyk^ hot while yott are tmrdliqg^
35 - some ignorant people might treat you ill."
36 On entprinp- (Caubul be went to a place beloneintr to some Fakeers, and
37 helped onL' ni tliem to draw water till the others told him to stop, as he was
38 tired. " The head Fakeer called in the evening, and the young man called
39 •* Auihnkfllmh, earned me to a person irfw gavn men toaC SWmth^the
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