This caused some amusement to the passers-by, particularly to a pathan who had just taken a very complete bath under one of the taps of the memorial fountain, but the trouble was soon mended by a small boy who, bribed by the offer of one dung cake, helped the old ladies to repack their burdens and replace them on their heads.
"By-Ways of Bombay"
S. M. Edwardes, C.V.O.
Such migrations and foundations of new towns are not uncommon in South Africa, as they were not uncommon in India in the days of the pathan and Mogul sovereigns, when each new occupant of the throne generally chose a new residence to fortify or adorn.
"Impressions of South Africa"
James Bryce
He reached for the ever-ready pathan knife, and Ismail, with both eyes on the dancing, neither heard nor saw.
"King--of the Khyber Rifles"
Talbot Mundy