The Kaukers inhabit the South-Eastern confines of Afghanistan, the greater part of which country is mountainous and unfertile. They are rude in their manners, and much given to robbery and murder. The Bolan Pass is infested by them: nor at any time could caravans traverse it, unless under the protection of strong escorts. In that neighbourhood they war, during winter, a short close jacket of sheep's skin, with an upper garment or cloak of felt, made with sleeves closed at the end, which they use as pockets to carry provisions in. The felt is manufactured of wool. The women knead it in their hands till it assumes a consistency: it is then spread to size required, and, when finished, is from a quarter to half an inch thick, and soft and pliant. Mutton, or goat's flesh, cut into small pieces and roasted on their ramrods, forms their chief food. When they possess grain, it is pounded and baked by being plastered on a heated stone. The figure on the right hand of the drawing, as also the one with a small cap on his head, are petty Chieftains. The costume of the latter is nearly similar to that of the inhabitants of the plains. The man on the left (naked from the middle upwards as they go during the summer) was sketches while chanting the exploits of a successful leader, their wars with rival tribes being always a favourite theme with this wild people. The march of Lord Keane's army, with its immense train of baggage and cattle through the Bolan Pass, drew to that quarter crowds of Kaukers, Beeloochees, Brahooees, and other plundering hordes: and although they suffered severely when in contact with the troops, numbers of the defenseless camp followers perished at their hands, under circumstances of the most revolting cruelty. The slaughter of an idolatrous Hindoo was considered a meritorious act, as ensuring him a passport to paradise. Mahomedans were murdered on the plea that they had disgraced their creed by serving infidels. When at Quetta, Sir W. Macnaughten ordered a corps of eight hundred men to be raised from the tribes in that vicinity, to be employed in keeping the pass open, but this measure had not the effect desired, and they were subsequently disbanded.