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2 INXaOOUCTIOM.
3 place, is compoaed of tenmoed hiMMW», mdis vtgy like fttovtt w«t of
4 the Indiii* The oonntiy idubiI b <^>en, acefetared with fingle hilky
5 and toknUy oiihivated. We halted here no. d&ya to get Runjeet
6 Sing^B leave to advaooei * We now iaw a good deal of the Sika, whom
7 we ibnod diapoaed to be oiTQ, end by no meana impleaaing. They
8 were manly in their appearanco ; and weie tall, and thm, though
9 muacolar. They wore little dolihe^ thdr legsy half their llii|^ and
10 generallj thdr arma and bodiea, being bare; but they bad often huge
11 aoarfa, dnown looadjr over one ahoulder. Their tuibana were not
12 larger but high* and rather flattened in front. Their beards, and heir
13 on their heada and bodiea* ane never touched by sciusra. They ge>
14 nemUy cany matchlocka, or bowa, the better sort generally bows }
15 and never pay a visit without a fine one in their hand, and an emlmtt-
16 dered quiver by their side. Tliey speak Punjaubee^ and aometimeA
17 attempt Hindostauneei but I aeidom understood them without an in*
18 terpreter. Petaian waa quite unknown. They do not know the name
19 of the Dooraunees, though that tribe haa <rfUn conquered thair oomi"
20 try. They either call them by the general name of Khorassaunees, or
21 by the erroneous one of Ghtlj^ Jewun Sing, the chief of Ravdl
22 Pindee, and one of the greatest in the Punjaub, visited me here. He
23 was a plain, civil man, only distinguished from his followers by his
24 decent appearance and manners. His numerous companions and at* '
25 tendants sat down promiscuously in a circle, and seom«„Hl nil on a foot-
26 ing of eqiialitv. A Sik in my sm ice, once dined wiili tliis Sirdnr,
27 and found at least two hundred and tifty guests, all the soldiers in his
28 immediate employ partaking of his fare even- day. When we wished to
29 return his visit, we found that he and all his attendants were dnmk ;
30 but, about four in the afternoon, he was reported sober, and received
31 us in a little smoaky hovel, in a small garden, his people in confu-
32 sion as before. Most of them continued to sit, while he got up to re-
33 ceive us. While we were al Hawii Pmdee, the haram overtook us,
34 and with it came Shaiili Ztjuiaun. We visited him on the 10th of
35 July, and were not a little inleiej^led by the sight ol a 2klunaich, wiiose
36 reputation at one time spread bo wide boiii m Persia and India. We
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