Once Mahbub and he went together as far as the beautiful city of Bombay, with three truck-loads of tram-horses, and Mahbub nearly melted when Kim proposed a sail in a dhow across the Indian Ocean to buy Gulf Arabs, which he understood from a hanger-on of the dealer Abdul Rahman, fetched better prices than mere Cabulis.
Behin Mahbub eta bera Bombay hiri zoragarriraino heldu ziren, zaldiz betetako hiru bagoi zeramatzatela tranbietara, eta Mahbub pozez urtu zen ia-ia Kimek proposatu zionean dhow batean Indiar Ozeanoa arabiar zaldiak erosteko gurutzatzea, zaldi haiek, Abdul Rahmanen kontura bizi zen bati entzun zionez, kabuliarrak berak baino prezio hobeagotan saltzen baitziren.