1 222 GEN. AVITABILE’S ENTERTAINMENT.
2 pitched outside, Captain Ferris, being on his
3 way to join with treasure; was warned at thé
4 same time to be careful.*
5 21st, Chamkani.—-General Avitabile eiiter-
6 tained the members of the Mission to-day at
7 breakfast. On his own part he is very atten-
8 tive, and has been providing the whole camp
9 gratis, since we entered his jurisdiction, with
10 every necessary, such as fuel, forage, &c,,
11 though he has been repeatedly requested to
12 discontinue these supplies.
13 Some of the Qasids or hired messengers have
14 been lately in the habit of forging letters in the
15 name of any one whom they think most likely
16 to have some interest with the Shah Zada or
17 * « Colonel Wade had sent us word that once in Af-
18 ghanistan it would be necessary to keep stricter guard thari
19 usual over the treasure, as the hills around swarm with a
20 population who act upon
21 . ‘ The simple plan
22 That they should take who have the power,
23 And they should keep who can,’
24 Almost every individual whom we have seen has been
25 armed with sword and shield, or in some other manner ; and
26 ail around bespeaks the unsettled state of the country and
27 its population.” Barr’s Journal, pp. 196-198.