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CHAP. nr. AFGHAN ENTERTAINMENT.
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immediately conducted us to the presence of his
father. Never were people received with more
kindness: he met us in person at the doorway, and
led us inside of an apartment, studded with mirror
glass and daubed over with paint in exceedingly
bad taste. His house, his country, his property, his
all, were ours; he was the ally of the British go-
vernment, and he had shown it by his kindness to
Mr. Moorcroft, which he considered as a treaty of
friendship. We were not the persons who wished
to infringe its articles. Sooltan Mahommed Khan
is about thirty-five years old, rather tall in stature,
and of dark complexion. He was dressed in a
pelisse, trimmed with fur and the down of the
peacock, which had a richer look than the furniture
that surrounded him. We were glad to withdraw
and change our wet clothes, and were conducted to
the seraglio of Sooltan Mahommed Khan, which he
had prepared, I need not add, emptied, for our re-
ception. This was, indeed, a kind of welcome we
had not anticipated.
An hour had not passed before we were visited
by Peer Mahommed Khan, the younger brother of
the chief, a jolly and agreeable person. The chief
himself followed in the course of the evening; and
a sumptuous dinner succeeded, of which we all
partook. The meat was delicious, and so was the
cookery. We ate with our hands ; and soon ceased
to wonder at a nobleman tearing a lamb in pieces
and selecting the choice bits, which he held out
for our acceptance. A long roll of leavened bread
was spread in front of each of us as a plate; and)
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immediately conducted us to the presence of his
father. Never were people received with more
kindness: he met us in person at the doorway, and
led us inside of an apartment, studded with mirror
glass and daubed over with paint in exceedingly
bad taste. His house, his country, his property, his
all, were ours; he was the ally of the British go-
vernment, and he had shown it by his kindness to
Mr. Moorcroft, which he considered as a treaty of
friendship. We were not the persons who wished
to infringe its articles. Sooltan Mahommed Khan
is about thirty-five years old, rather tall in stature,
and of dark complexion. He was dressed in a
pelisse, trimmed with fur and the down of the
peacock, which had a richer look than the furniture
that surrounded him. We were glad to withdraw
and change our wet clothes, and were conducted to
the seraglio of Sooltan Mahommed Khan, which he
had prepared, I need not add, emptied, for our re-
ception. This was, indeed, a kind of welcome we
had not anticipated.
An hour had not passed before we were visited
by Peer Mahommed Khan, the younger brother of
the chief, a jolly and agreeable person. The chief
himself followed in the course of the evening; and
a sumptuous dinner succeeded, of which we all
partook. The meat was delicious, and so was the
cookery. We ate with our hands ; and soon ceased
to wonder at a nobleman tearing a lamb in pieces
and selecting the choice bits, which he held out
for our acceptance. A long roll of leavened bread
was spread in front of each of us as a plate; and)