List of Illustrations

[Dr. Pennell Travelling as a Sadhu] Frontispiece
[A Khattak Sword-Dancer] 28
[A Zyarat or Shrine on the Takht-i-Suliman] 34
[A Group of Lepers at a Zyarat or Shrine in Hazara] 36
[The Khaiber Pass. A Village in the Pass] 46
[A Cavalry Shutur-sowar, or Camel-rider] 46
[Types of Frontier Tribesmen] 50
[Bannu Villagers] 56
[The Khaiber Pass. Khaiber Rifle Sepoy on the Watch] 62
[The Result of a Blood-Feud] 82
[A Transborder Afghan bringing his Family to the Hospital] 82
[Bannu Mission. A Group of Patients] 94
[A Group of Out-patients at the Mission Hospital] 94
[Travelling by Riding Camel] 100
[Itineration by Means of Ekkas and Mules] 100
[Ferrying across the River Indus] 112
[Travelling down the Indus on a “Kik”] 112
[Mahsud Labourers at Work in Bannu Cantonment] 148
[Bannu Mission. A Group of Students] 148
[A Football Match at Bannu] 154
[The Bannu Football Team] 154
[The Chief Bazaar, Peshawur City] 156
[The Bazaar in Peshawur City] 156
[The Indus in Flood-time] 158
[A Ferryboat for the Mail on the Indus River] 158
[A Modern “Black Hole”] 164
[Boy and Girl grazing Buffaloes] 170
[Women carrying Waterpots] 196
[Women going for water at Shimvah] 198
[Water-carrying at Shimvah] 198
[Near Shinkiari, Hazara District] 208
[A Muhammadan Faqir] 212
[Dr. Pennell] 244
[Flour Mills near Shinkiari] 278
[Map of the North-West Frontier Province] 313
Map of the North-West Frontier of India 318