1 .:DniBBNAL MILITART ESTABUSHBimrr.
2 Hie western A%fa«iintf with the enepdon of the Ghiljies in the
3 muOk^Batt have no qiianek with their countrymen *, but there is
4 scarcely any tribe among those of the east, that is not in a state of
5 actual war, or suspended hostility. Most of them have lasting enmi-
6 ties with each other, but do not break out into open violence, unless
7 when some circumstinu e has inflamed their animosity; and this
8 sometimes does not happen lor several years. A few (as the jfc^usot-
9 syes) are never at peace.
10 Those who have only occasional wars (which happenn oftenest in
11 Damaun), join in temporary confederacies, and the .Teergas of all the
12 allied tribes I iieel ni one a^ssciublyto concert plans of operations, or to
13 consider terms of peace. Tliose most engaged in war, often have
14 p^manent alliances, like thoee of Gem and Saumil, among the Bin^
15 doorsimees, and the Uack and white leagues in Khoat llieae wan
16 are aoinetiniea confined to piedatoiy incunions of amall parties on
17 eadi side, but when the occasion is important, the Khaun and die
18 leeiga call out all the fighting men <^ iJie Oolooss. Hie tribes vAn
19 engage little in wars, call on vohinteen, and every man who has affmi
20 coines. Tboae who have occasional wan, make eveiy ^own up man
21 serfoi and the Euso&yes, whose ooiitiniial atrife baa made tbebi sys-
22 tematic in war, require the service' of a foot soldier fiir every pkraglh,
23 or of a hoiseman for every two. Shame is in geneiai powerfid'
24 enongjb to prevent non^rttendance, but a fine is also prescribed to
25 punish it, among the tribes yrtach have frequent wars. Large hot
26 undisciplined bodies are thus assembled: a tumultuous conflict takes
27 place : one party is defeated without any great 8lau|^iter: the victors
28 waste the lands of their enemy ; and the war is then suspended, till
29 the vanquished is able to take the field again, or, perhaps, till a new
30 provocation is given. Tlie troops nrc ;i!mo:^t all foot. The chiefil
31 retain the same stations of command in war as in peace.
32 * Tht war for sovereignty between the Ghiljies and Duoraunecs, i» obvMiuly ol a Uil-
33 ferait iMtoM from the CMrtiaawi petty miftte here rilnded to.
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