1 444 CLIMATE.
2 materials for, making gun-carriages and saddles
3 for swivels, were found and handed ‘over to the
4 Shah’s officers. People were also sent in dif-
5 ferent directions to recover other property of
6 which we had heard belonging to the late
7 ruler. Such is the frail nature of mankind,
8 that the very same men to whom they had
9 bowed and obeyed most humbly the other
10 day were now. detested and treated as an
11 enemy.
12 The climate of Jalalabad is highly admired
13 by the natives as producing extreme cold and
14 heat within twelve kos.* The Safeid Koh, or
15 Snowy Mountain, is visible, and presents an
16 imposing view. The Kajja district, which is
17 well known for its fine pomegranates sent to
18 India, is also situated towards the hills within
19 this province. The town of Jalalabad is of
20 * « Afghanistan generally presents more changes in
21 scenery and climate than any country in the world; and a
22 striking instance of both occurs at this place: in the first,
23 in the immediate change from the barren and stony track
24 we lave so lately been travelling through, to the rich
25 valley of Jalalabad ; and again from the extreme cold of,
26 the highlands of Kabul to the heat of the country around
27 us.” —Fane’s Five Years in India, pp. 207, 208.