Note * — Chapter IV · WHAT TOOK US THERE.
Reading edition
The favourite play was "The Irish Ambassador," and others of the same kind. "On such occasions they changed the titles of the dramatis personæ, so as to bring them and the offices of the parties bearing them, down to the level of Afghan comprehension; while Burnes and others skilled in the dialect of the country, translated the speeches as they were uttered."—Sales' Brigade in Afghanistan.