The busy scene here depicted, is, to strangers, one of the most striking of the many vocations carried on in the Bazaars of Kabul. The proprietor(a Cashmerian)is seated in the centre of his shop superintending the cooking and serving his customers. In one corner, a Huzzareh servant is engaged in chopping the meat into small pieces, in preparation for it to be fixed onto wooden skewers for roasting. This operation is carried on in public view to satisfy purchasers of its good quality. The little boy standing in front is fanning the charcoal fire through the irongrating on which the cabaubs are placed. For the convenience of those who do not choose to eat their meals seated, like the poor man in the open street, a room at the back of the shop is appropriated. From it a lad is protruding his head for a fresh supply of the savoury viands, specially requesting that they be given while hot. To the middling and poorer classes of Afghans, who live mostly out of doors, these shops (in the vicinity of which a baker’s is always to be found) are a great convenience, as at them a good meal may be obtained for a trifling sum.