Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-14

laHsuishes in the plains? Tsaght to dis trust all men, especially his near reia- tives, the Afridi parent baptizes bis iai- fant in burglary by passing t through | such hole in the mud wall as the | snaky haired thief is won't to cut and ad- | rnonishfng it to Be a thief. be a thief. His rule is Strike first. or you may not strike at all Crafty. treacferous. fear less. the Afrfdi is a true Pathan-
 "The man who wins deepest adr1ira- tion is the GAiilzai. upon whose caravau5
 the frontier trade depends. Once their dynasty ruled Persia. Now they weSve the shuttle of trade back and forth be- tween Central Asia and the Indian plains bringing the rich rugs of Bekhars and Persian pussy-cats past the stern walla | of Fort Janrud t3 the KabaH Bazaar in Peshawar. Tricky as gypsy in horse trading, full of contempt for the Hindu and of fellow. feeling for the S1kh. waf- riors by courage. robbers by nature, l traders by profession, tine Ghilzais are | a manly lot whose early forbears of Turkish origin, lived in the Central Asian lands whence they bring down the dried I fruits of MuTghab and the Zerafshap l Tramping along with his heavy-necked camels, his powerful chest barred to sun and wind, the Ghfizai Is a fine figure of a man, one who, dropped among the fat
 faced peoples of ths Seatk. could well be thought god.
 "Cal on Afghan 'Wazir' and he will show gratitude. Call him Waziri' and he may kill without warning, fer the l Waziris;- the largest of Pathan tribes. are considered as dfegs of the earth by their fellow Afghans. Their women arc free and often unfaithfui, their men hot headed and vain. Their environment has given them fine bodies. but their souls are unredeeufed The ammedans con fcif lor vic xA
 ton. for robbery. which Is almost legal and murder, which is often convenient
 has brought disrespect to the customs of
 the border. Amid the labyrinth of hills
 (which keeps spsrt the various peoples Sof the Northwest Frontier Province as
 similar mountains separate the many
 peoples of the Caucasus, the Waziris in
 habit 3 little Switzerland of their own
 Nowhere is there 2 hetteT example of 2 ! region where every prospect pleases. ana only man is vile.
 ,f Manhood is the first requisite of hin who hopes to join an Afghan tribe H must win his spurs before be is giver a wife and his share in the tribal lands
 Behind the coat of dirt which is tn right of every tribesrnan except on dur bar days both men and women are nor 5 tthsn ordinarily good looking. In mos tribes the women are jealously euarde, : and the reward for adultery is death L the woman and the loss of his right foo l to her paramour.
 5 Warrior. freebooter, maruder, thiei 6 the true Afghan will not keep shop o learn trade. The hills are his broth i CTS, his knife his bosom friend, hi
 rnatchlock his protector. He may len e himself to this faction or that. to ern l pire or democracy. to progress or de : stYuction. But above every other ir e terest is his desire for independence. D I vided into two classes according [ r whether he dwells in mud-walled hous Il or heavy tent, the heritage he seeks
 still the oen spaces where he overlook i, the plains and friendly contact with th o barren, rugged slopes of his eternal hills