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Lost Among the Affgahns; Being the Adventures of John Campbell (otherwise Feringhee Bacha) Amongst the Wild Tribes of Central Asia
Lost Among the Affgahns Being the Adventures of John Campbell Amongst the Wild Tribes of Central Asia - otherwise Feringhee Bacha Author:John Campbell General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1862 Original Publisher: Smith, Elder Subjects: Afghanistan Asia, Central History / Asia / General History / Asia / Central Asia Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy t... more »he General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 24 I START ON MY WANDERINGS. CHAPTER II. I start on my wanderings. -- Hard riding. -- Safe beyond the Affghan frontier. -- I resolve to visit the Prophet of Swat. -- A kind friend. -- I advance towards Swat. -- I set up as private tutor. -- Pleasant time at Basood. -- I am nearly killed by bees. -- I jog on towards Swat- Mountain robbers. -- I find shelter in their village. -- A storm among the hills. -- I am waylaid by thieves. -- The power of politeness. -- Halt at Tana. -- A swinging bridge. -- Arrive at Swat. -- The Prophet's liberality. -- His advice to me. After much inquiry about the various peoples in the surrounding countries, I decided on turning my steps northward. In that direction, I was told, one might travel for a whole year and find only savage people and uncivilized, who were ignorant even of the value of money. I took my money, which now amounted to 400 ashrafees, to the goldsmith's, and had rings made; and I bought precious stones, which I had put in the rings; thus my treasure was less cumbersome. I had a little pocket in my shirt, into which I put my rings. I had a very good horse of my own, and a dagger, a double-barrelled gun, two horse-pistols, and two pocket- pistols. All these I got ready. Then I went and asked my master for leave to go for one month to visit my aunt at Pushoot. This he granted. So I said good-by to my mother and friends, and taking two servants with me, I started on my long HARD BIDING. 25 journey. This must have been when I w...« less