wno wail hysterically over their ow
countrymen and countrywomen as the
most depraved and unscrupulous beings
on the globe, and who are just now
taking the blameless and ill used Af
ghans to their bosoms, the nlal n truth
is that Afghan men and women are no
better than they should lie and consi.
erably worse. In accordance w ith the
national character for suspicion and
Intrigue and corruption, an Afghan
dwelling house is like an Afghan boor
kaposh a whitened sepulchre. The
flat roofs of the houses have generally
a paraitet wall formed of rnilwnrL-
thlckly overlaid w ith mud, and five or
six feet high, to allow the woman
the family to take an airing unveiled
as their lords are very jealous about
their being overlooked. During our
tonner occupation of the city, an ofll
cer who had ascended to the upper part
of the Bala Hissar to get a good view of
the surrounding country, was credited
with looking at some woman hlf
mile below him, and received a deli
ate hint iu the shane of a ball from
jejail whizzing past his head. But
however much an Afghan would think
himself disgraced by his w ife's face be-
ug exposed to the vulgar gaze, he has
not the slightest objection to being
"squared" to "keep her purdah," or.
