1 AftMwj iffR. durhv narrative,
2 « On the south and west side of the town is a river not deep, In w!m<A direc-
3 ** lion a very narrair river rushes along, near Caubul, between vast mountains,
4 ** the passage between on both aidee most OMgnfficently adomed wilib large and
5 **8Dallfiuittie«<ifillaarti»«ndfleM8of green. AtdjitaiieeeerentuMedTefy
6 *( good nets of Killas. Avsed the time, twenty days, vety agreeably at the
7 *' Fakeer's place, where people of differetit deuominatfonfs constantly attended,
8 smoking chiirse or tobacco, conformably to their respective desires, and dis-
9 *• coursed agreeably on various subjects ; often concerning tiie Europeans,
10 4* whom they reckon as very intelligent, and very odminble and good in their
11 ** niMinenb though in many respeots la nided. A biker came ftom Indta» wbo
12 <• had been in the English employ, but, aa he B«td| heviogoiee been l^ealen;
13 " he had left, and wns going to Bagdad : he asserted ther^ befiira the com-
14 ♦« pany, which was pretty numerous, that he had heard many "Dooraune^ and
15 ** other Moguls declare that the Kuropeans were m good Mussnlmatms as
16 ** themselves, but he reckoned tiicm, and he would have all others to reckon
17 «*.them, ashilidela.*'
18 If any penooi uied to oome and smoke «t the Fakea, and Mr. Dnrie wed
19 to a& mid talk with them : some diaoa)V«fed that he was not a Mmsnhnan,
20 but did not mdeM him on that account. In towns they often suspected him
21 of being a spy, and •^ome respectable jieople told him not to give infonnatkm
22 about their place, when lie went back to iiis own country.
23 ** The head Fakeer requested of me to tany at his place throughout the
24 •* ooU,aadheiraiddgetmenpooBteaiiand,odierdothes) hoirever, I left the
25 *• plaoe without giving previous notice^ and arriving at tiie gate which led to
26 •* Candahar, got some tobeooo,andgoingout, saw smno tents of some reqiectaUe
27 *♦ travellers, who were proceeding on a pilgrimage. As they were to tarry a
28 ** i'cv,' days, I went off ; an Atghaun accompanied me to Killa Cazee, request-
29 ing 1 woidd pray for him on my arrival at Bagdatl. On reaching Killa Cazee,
30 ** he sent me ttotne bread, and I went in the dark to a uiossque ; a Mooilah who
31 «• waa there, gave me some bread and butter-miUc
32 "ThenextdayintheeveoingairivedatMoydan, went np toe Kille*, or
33 - M raised ground, saw several Ai^^unins seated, called for a culleeeon, thef
34 " produced it. One of them being sick, requested I would prescribe some-
35 «♦ tiling ibr him. I told him I could not, as I was ignorant of the names of
36 ** roedicipes in the country. When candle-light took place, went to a mosque.
37 t A fort or csMf.
38 4u 2
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