the Holy Prophet directed. However, we shall
doubtless find what you require in the Hindu

bazaar------" The Faraz Bashi's sentence trailed

off into a mutter, but I think he added that
Hindus were uncircumcised and unclean.

Soap was found in many varieties. Chairs
and tea were brought by an obsequious red-
turbaned follower of Siva (all Hindus in Afghanis-
tan are compelled to wear red or yellow turbans
and to pay a poll-tax), who brought out for our
inspection perfumes, wrist watches, fountain-
pens, and alarm clocks from Connecticut, whose
value is judged by the loudness of their tick.
His stock was much what would be found in any
Indian bazaar, and I soon moved to the pic-
turesque coppersmith's quarter, to the great
relief of the Faraz Bashi, who disliked sitting
upright on European chairs as much as it irks
me to remain cross-legged throughout an Oriental
visit.

The Hindu shopman is almost oppressively
civil, whereas the Afghan is the reverse. You
may buy or not as you please. But one simi-
larity they share : both ask double the price they
expect to get. We bought nothing in the copper
bazaar, for our luggage was limited, but we got

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