CHAPTER II

ON THE ROAD—_continued_

Method of fishing in the rivers—Route through Khilat and Mukur to Ghazni and distance from Kandahar—Cold and snow on journey—Ghazni—Robberies and murders on roads before Amir Abdur Rahman’s time—Villages and cultivation _en route_—Arrival in Kabul and reception of Sirdar Nasrullah by Amir 16