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in Cranford, Bakew- ell, and Manche'st;
t have derived a less clear income than

The extensive works at ManchesTer.

works at I

to parties who, it is believed, had
mut those at Cranford near his own
as understood, to the time of his

cerns ►

From taste and not
nates over ti

saving he lived without tl:

) that by the natura.

52 years, even had not o'ne pound of
nvested and made to bear interest,

nniversary of my marriage by dinin.

~.ve been possessed of millions.
probably the last of the historic names connected
,and coeval with the foundation of what are now designated
lit the factory and power systems. The late Sir Robert Peel,
,ho may be esteemed the head if not the parent of calico
realised and bequeathed a vast fortune to his de-
The mountain of wealth accumulated by Mr.

right

and coarsely featured

muel Cr

nventor of the

circi

Bich t

ant of £5,000 in 1812, which melted away

William Radcliffe, of

system,

Alamtheste

lin, after plundering

on by t

y of the man they contri-
Nor indeed is such a melan-

nation, or a go-
lard of Trade, or
he fact with the

ried women be

touchh:
These

the last momer

~oulred

final acouittance, of t

and outlay of consecutive

of national remembrance

unit-leen

too much for the sufferinst old man; it was
pon misery ; and so poor Mr. Radcliffe drew

on the

very da

not within

'ter; the one hundred

1. and save from the sca

parish pauper

e asked for bread—t

geulUS

chlock : they carry much farther than our
muskets ; so that when our men are beyond range to hit them
they pour a destroying fire on us. Regarding these same
muskets being better than matchlocks; those who had only
er may have taken them of late in Pxchange ; hut,

, -
generally speaking, the only useful part to the Affghans ar
the locks, whieh'they tear off and leave the rest
I kept the
ladies o

with the

Mahommed Shah Khan's family ' • who told us that
teetteh Jung was king, Mahommed Akbar Khan wuzeer, and
Mahommed Shah Khan the sirdar-i-sirdareu. It was an
extremely stupid visit. We had two female servants to in-
terpret for us. Three of Mahommed Shah Khan's wives and
some of Dost Mohummed's, with the mother of the chiefs,
and two of their unmarried sisters, were present. They were,
•enerally to en'-- •1 ' -ly `-

..00npoin, Aargek, Lorrned,
their dress inelegant, and of the

coarsest materials. The favourite wife, and the best dressed,
was attired in a common Cabul silk, with a coarse piece of
chintz inserted behind, evidently for economy's sake. The
, .

_ person, nearly resembles a
common night-dress; and has tacked on to it coins, or other
pieces of silver or gold, such as crescents, &c. all over the
sleeves, the front and sides from the shoulders to the feet. A
breast-plate is worn, commencing at the throat, of coins
strung together : this descends far below the waist ; and
when they sit down, it hangs on festoons on the lap. Only
the favourite wore gold coins; those of the other ladies being
of silver. They had nothing in the way of jewels, properly
so called. About seven common-sized pearls surrounding
an emerald full of flaws, the whose set as a nose ornament,
was the handsomest thing I saw in the trinket way. Some
of them had very inferior ear-rings of gold and silver. They
wear their hair in innumerable small plaits hanging down :
these are arranged once a week after taking the bath ; and
the tresses are then well stiffened with gum. The uninar-
...nd their...hair in a flat braid across the forehead
the eyebrows; which gives them a very heavy look.
aid eyebrows, whilst they are maidens, remain as
formed them : but when they marry, the hair of the
;entre is carefully picked out; and the arch, thus most un-
iaturally raised, is painted, the Cabul women are much
addicted to the use of both white and red paint ; and they co •
lour not only the nails, as in Hindostan, but the whole hand
up to the wrist, which looks as though it had been plunged
in blood, and to our ideas is very disgusting. A particular
plant is often used for this purpese. The upper part of the
Fast leaf sparkles, and resembles the ice-plant ; but the lower side
and borne down by is red, and on being pressed gives a fine dye. A chuddali is
itirmity, when the intelligence of this i
thrown over the head and shoulders n the house, as in Hin-
”,as broken to
dostan ; and when they go out they wear the bourka, ru-i
build, and legwraps : high-heeled iron-shod slippers complete
the costume. After a time an extremely dirty cloth was
spread over the numdas in front of us, and dishes of pallau,
dhye or sour curd, and fernez or sweet curd, were placed be-
fore us. Those who had not taken a spoon with them, ate

,neir hngers, Airghan fashion—au accomplishment in
_, gave Mm a stone." - which lamby no means au fait. We drank water out of a
a real inventor, and of an original mechanical teapot. A dinner was given to the gentlemen by Abdoolah
Wonderful as was the sagacity and enterprise of Sir Khan, at his tents about two miles off, nearer the snow.—
Lady Sale o Journal.