The Bazaar in Peshawur City 156 The Indus in Flood-time 158 A Ferryboat for the Mail on the Indus River 158 A Modern "Black Hole" 164 Boy and Girl grazing Buffaloes 170 Women carrying Waterpots 196 Women going for water at Shimvah 198 Water-carrying at Shimvah 198 Near Shinkiari, Hazara District 208 A Muhammadan Faqir 212 Dr. Pennell 244 Flour Mills near Shinkiari 278 Map of the North-West Frontier Province 313 Map of the North-West Frontier of India 318 TABLE OF THE CHIEF SOUNDS REPRESENTED IN THE GOVERNMENT SYSTEM OF TRANSLITERATION a = short u, as in "bun." á = broad a, as in "mast." i = short i, as in "bin." í = ee, as in "oblique." e = a, as in "male." o = long o, as in "note." u = short oo, as in "foot." ú = long oo, as in "boot." q = guttural k. kh = ch, as in "loch." gh = guttural r, not used in English. ' = the Arabic letter 'ain, a guttural not used in English. PRONUNCIATION OF THE PRINCIPAL ORIENTAL WORDS USED IN THIS BOOK Afghán Jahán Nizám Afghánistán Jamála Panjáb Afrídi Jelálábad Panjábi Alláhu Akbar Kabír Pathán Amír Kábul Patwár Badakshán Káfir Pesháwur Baltistán Kálabágh Qurán Bengáli Kalám Rám Bezwáda Karáchi Ramazán Bhágalpur Karím Risáldár Bukhára Khalífa Ríshíkes Chenáb Khorasán Sádhu Chilás Kohát Sanyási Chinárak Laghmáni Saragári Chitrál Loháni Sardár Deraját Majíd Sarkár Dharmsála Málik Subadár Ghulám Mirzáda Sulíman Hákim (ruler) Mughál Tálib Hakím (doctor) Multán Tamána Hardwár Nának Tiráh Hazára Nárowál Waziristán Islám Nezabázi AMONG THE WILD TRIBES OF THE AFGHAN FRONTIER CHAPTER I THE AFGHAN CHARACTER