Show peculiar afghanistan windmills wind mills thomas stevens who recently bicycled around the world has given the following description ot of peculiar windmills wind mills mins used on the frontier of afghanistan t in asia high noon nods finds us at our destination for the day the village of famous in the country round rod tor for a peculiar windmill wind mill used in grinding grain A gristmill grist mill or mills consists con of a row of one storied mud huts each of which contains a pair of grindstones connecting with the upper stone is a perpendicular shaft of wood which protrudes through the roof and extends fifteen leet feet above it cross pieces run n through at right angles and plaited with rushes transform the shaft into an upright four bladed affair that the wind blows around and turns the mill I 1 stones below so lar far this is ia only a very prim primitive etive and clumsy method of har bar nesbino the wind but connected with it is a arery very ingenious contrivance that redeems it entirely from the commonplace A system of mud walls is built about toe the same height or a little higher the shaft in such a manner as to concentrate and control the wind in the interest of the tha miller regardless of which way the wind is blowing the suction created by th peculiar disposition of the walls whisks the rude wattle sails around in the most lively manner forty of these nils mills are in operation at and to see them all in full swing making a loud noise as they revolve is a most extraordinary sf from these novel grist mills are only to be seen is in the territory about the lake |