Author— Accompanies Shahzada to Kabul, 2 Appointment and work as engineer, 231-233 Assaying and reporting on minerals, 262 Attacked by Ghazis, 181 Exhibition of cinematograph, 141 First visit to Kabul, 1889, 166 Hindustani servant, 187 House and garden in Kabul, 177 Illness at Kandahar, 19 Inspects powder-shop, 183 Journey from Kabul to Peshawar, 308 _seq._ On jury, 208 Presents from princes, 196 Quarters at Kabul, 33, 41 Quarters at Kandahar, 14 Received by Amir, 35, 36 _seq._ Ride from Kabul to Peshawar, 11, 309 _seq._ Riding and cycling, 176 Shooting on chamans, 175 Story of servants’ superstition, 78 Ayoob Khan, 112, 293 B Baber, summer palace at, 52 Baghibala palace, 52, 107 Abdur Rahman dies in, 127 Bala Hisar, Kabul, rased to the ground, 303 Bala Hisar, well in, 149 Barikab, 311, 314 Barracks, 219 Basawal, 316 Bazars, buying in, 190, 192 _seq._ Bazars, lawlessness in, 192 Beating with sticks, 160 Blizzard, 312 Blue pigeon, 174, 176 Boer war, 115 Boistan serai palace, 36, 52 Abdul Rahman, buried in, 130 Audience chamber in, 38 Bribery, 100 British Agent in Kabul, 301 Brown, General Sir J., meets Shahzada at Chaman, 1 Budkhark, 311 Burial of household treasure, 129 Buying in bazar, 190, 192 _seq._ C Camel meat, 88 Camels, ill-adapted for travelling over snow, 24 Camps, description of, 8 Caravans, 242 Carpets, 240 Carriers for hire, 195 Cattle-breeding, 240 Cavagnari massacred, 303 Chaman railway terminus near Afghan frontier, 1 Chamans, 174 Character of people, 64 _seq._ Children, method of naming, 286 Children singing prayers on roof to avert calamity, 86 Chillum described, 89 Cholera epidemics, 45, 55, 87, 137, 162, 199, 200 Climate of Kabul, 53 _seq._ Cloth manufactured, 240 Coal, 260, 263-264 Coinage and mint, 251 Cold and snow, 23, 25, 54 Copper ores, 260 Court jester, 108, 207 Courtship and marriage, 92 _seq._ Cows, 194 Curios, Hindoo dealers and, 206 Curzon, Lord, requests Amir to visit him in Peshawar, 296 D Daka, Afghan frontier post, 316 Daly, Mrs., lady doctor, 130, 182, 185 Not allowed to visit the Queen Sultana, 295 Treating cholera cases, 200 Dances, 72 Dancing-girls, 71 Darwaza Ghazni pass, 29 Death penalty, 98 Debt collecting, 250 Deh Afghanan, 35, 177 Dogs, 27, 46, 285 Donkeys, small size of, 14 Dress of men, 58 Drills, 214 Duck-shooting, 108, 175 Durbars, 99, 100, 105, 123 On festivals, 206 Durrah-i-Yusef, coal at, 263 Dust storms, 54 E Earthquakes, 255 _seq._ Elephant, story of mad, 139 Englishmen dining with Amir, 103 Europeans in Kabul, 123, 130, 173 _seq._ Attend durbar on festivals, 206 Laws and, 208 Women and children, 184 Evil eye, the, 86 Execution, methods of, 168