'Bombay Geographical Society. Index to the First Seventeen Volumes of the Society's Transactions. With Catalogue of the Library, and Catalogue of Charts, Maps, Sketches, and Views.' [‎3] (30/372)

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Adulis, an ancient port on tlie shores of
the Red Sea, xiii. 134.
Adwania, district and town, India, iv.
125.
^Aerolite, account of a, found near Dhar-
war, viii. 40.
^Aerolites, remarks on the observation
and collection of, xvii. 33 ; catalogue
of the collection of, exhibited in the
British Museum, 37 ; stone aerolites,
37 ; iron aerolites, 41.
Afghanistan, account of, by an Afghan
horse-dealer, ii. 5+; various Persian
tribes inhabiting, 37+ ; account of va
rious countries and tribes in, v. 1-198.
Affghanistan—Narrative of an Ex
cursion INTO THE HaZAUREH COUNTRY
of Bisut, and the Districts of Bam-
ian and Seghan, by C. Masson, Esq.,
ii. 34+; historical sketch of the dis
trict, 36-51 ; struggle for supremacy
between Dost Mahomed Khan and
Mer Yezdanbuksh, 39-122 ; the jour
ney begun—from Kabul to Urgundi,
51-53; from Urgundi to Tirkhanu,
53-54 ; the country from Tirkhanu
to Kirghu, 54-57 ; Kirghu to Bad
Assiar, 57-60 ; from Bad Assiar to
the Afghan camp on the bank of the
Helmund, 60-64; from the banks of
the Helmund to Dival Khol, 64-67 ;
Dival Khol to Shitana, 67-69; Shi-
tana to Nishandeh, 69, 70 ; Nishandeh
to SheshBurjeh, 70-76 ; Shesh Burjeh
to Kalu, 76-81; Kalu to Killa Sir
Sung, in the vale of Seghan, 85-98;
Bamian, 99; Afghan chiefs and their
struggles, 100-107; Kalu to Shibr,
109-112 ; Shibr to Kabul, 112-122.
Afghanistan, xvii. 59, 127, 282.
Affghanistan, a Series of Papers on,
CONTAINING NARRATIVES OF JOURNEYS
in that Country between 1827 and
1830, by C. Masson, v. 1-198.
I. Narrative of a Journey from Talc,
in Daman, to Peshaiver, through the
unfrequented countries of Marwat,
Bannu, the valleys of Hangu and
Kohat, v. 1; dangerous nature of
the undertaking, and adventures at
the outset, 1-10 ; the ancient for
tress of Kafr Kot, 11 ; description
of two villages, Ahmed Kozah and
Hangu, 12-15; the country from
thence to Kohat, 15-17; descrip
tion of the town and province of
Kohat, 17-22. *
II. Narrative of a Passage through the
Pass of Khaibar, v. 23-31; the
number of routes—journey begun,
23 ; the country and the people,
24-26 ; the village of Ghari Lala
Beg, 26 ; description of the country
from thence to Dakka, 26-31.
III. Narrative of a Journey from
Dakka to Kabal, v. 31 ; departure
from Dakka, 31 ; the country and
villages from thence to Jelalabad,
32-35 ; description of the town,
visit to the Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. , and interview
with two singular characters, 35-37;
departure, and arrival at the town
of Balia Bagh, 38 ; the journey from
thence to Kabal, 39-42.
IV. Memorandum on the Siaposh Kafrs,
v. 42 ; obscurity of their origin and
early history, 42-47 ; allusions to, in
the Memoirs of Baber, 48 ; in the
works of early travellers, 49 ; extent
and nature of the country they in
habit, 50-53 ; its physical features
and natural productions, 53 ; the
people, and their mode of life,
54-56 ; their language, 56 ; akin to
that of several neighbouring tribes,
58, 59 ; their treatment of the dead,
59 ; of their women, 60, 61 ; their
social habits and peculiar customs,
62, 63 ; account of the people by an
Affghan, 64-66.
V. Narrative of Adventures in a
Journey from Kandahar to Shikar-
pur, v. 66; the country in the
neighbourhood, and reception by
the natives, 66-68 ; assaulted and
robbed, 68-70 ; part of goods re
stored at the solicitations of a
Mulla, 70, 71 ; overtaken and
robbed again, 72 ; protected and
assisted by some Hajis, 73; join
a kafila A train of travellers; a caravan; or any large party of travellers. , and proceed with it, 74;
a description of the people com
posing it, 75; sufferings from cold
and exposure, 76 ; difficulties of the
journey, 77-81; halt at the village
and valley of Shall—the place and
people described, 82, 83 ; journey
resumed—halt at Garmab in the
Bolan Pass, 84, 85 ; the pass, moun
tains, and country described, 86-88 ;
robbed again, 89 ; further adven
tures, 90, 91 ; description of the
town of Bagh, 92, 93 ; the country
from thence to Shikarpur, 94; de
scription of the city, its buildings,
inhabitants, trade, &c., 95-98..