Kabul— Bazar shops, 49 British agent in, 301 Climate, 53 _seq._ Adapted for fruit-growing, 239 Description of city and country round, 42 _seq._ Houses described, 50 Kotwali and soldier guards, 145 Kotwali office, 143 Mihman Khana, or guest-house, 33 Palaces, 51 People met in streets, 36 Prisons in, 146 _seq._ Robberies in, 47, 144 Russian influence in, 297 To Peshawar, eight days’ journey, 309 “Wardi” sounded, 49 Workshops, 234 Kabul river, 42 At Jelalabad, 316, 319 Kabul valley, crater of ancient volcano, 254 Once a lake, 258 Kabulis, characteristics, 61, 62, 66, 78 Kabulis, consume large quantities of tea, 89 Kafris, 63 Boys punished for deserting, 167 Kandahar— Described, 13, 14 District tropical fruits in, 239 Nasrullah Khan’s stay at, 12 _seq._ Kandaharis, characteristics, 63 Khilat, 22, 29 “Khilat,” robes of honour, 134 Khuskh, Russian railway to, 114 Khyber Pass closed, 196 Khyber Pass, opened twice a week for travellers, 314 Kila Durani, 29 Kila Asham Khan, summer palace of Queen Sultana at, 52 Abdur Rahman’s tomb prepared at, 129 Kila Kazee, 30 Knife-dancers, 72 Kohistan, earthquakes in, 257 Koochee people, 88 As carriers, 242 Women, 243 Koran, account of, 268 Kotwal (magistrate), 138, 142 _seq._ At Chaman terminus, story of, 6 Duties of, 47 Kotwali sepoys (policemen), 48, 143 _seq._ Thieving propensities, 178-180 Kotwali stations, 145 “Kro,” the unit of distance, 10, 245 Kuzilbash people, 266 L Ladysmith, defence of, 119 Languages of Afghanistan, 63-64 Latabund Pass, 310, 314 Letter-writers in bazars, 50 Letters, 209 How carried, 210 Postage, 211 Loneliness of life in Kabul, 173 Lunatics, 271 Lundi Kotal, British frontier post, 316, 322 M Mahomed Ali, Sirdar, 120 Mahomed Omar, Sirdar, 30, 110, 120, 126, 133, 294 Acknowledges Habibullah as Amir, 127 Mahomedzai family, allowance from Government, 122 Mohammedan belief on true religions, 202 Marches, length of, 10, 25 Marriage customs, 94-95 Maulavi Najmudeen Aghondzada, Haddah moullah, 110-112 Melons, 317 Mills for grinding corn, 241 Mines, not worked, 261, 305 Mines, outcropping, 260 Mirzas (clerks), 245 _seq._ Moullahs— Influence and practices, 135, 267, 274 Preaching a new religion, 202 Story of Amir and, 15 Mukur, 22, 23 Mulberry diet, 87 Munzil Bagh, 19 Musak, for carrying water and crossing rivers described, 318 Musical instruments, 70 At Kandahar, 22 Musjids, 277 Mussulman year, how reckoned, 279 N