1 AFOHAUM LOV£ TALE. '
2 it k oommoil ibr » mmiso plight his ftitb to » pafticalar girl, and. then
3 ' Mtofftoaxemototofrnj or evento'Indk^tbiaoqa^
4 necMtary to obtiim her fiom herfrienda. I aaw a young man ab Pooii%
5 yho waa in tfaia prediciMneDt, HehsdiaiUeamloire inthtliedadg^itep
6 «f a MnUik, who returned Ids attadunent The fiitfa«r ooiiseiited;;!^
7 l^mm»g(di Imtaaidhia'dan^ilev^ahoiioiirnqpired that the ah<^
8 bring at haegft a fintune as tlie o&er women of her fiunily. The^two
9 loveiB w«e' niudi afflioted* aa the young man bad nothing but vome
10 land and a few bullocks. Atlaatt he leaolvedto aetoffto India. Hbr
11 . mistress gave him a needle used for puttfaig intimony on the eyelida,
12 IB a pledge of her affection ; and, he seemed to hsveilo d(yubt that she'
13 would remain single till his return. Theae.amoui^ are generally con-
14 fined to die countiy people, where great ease and leisure 8ie>&vourable
15 to audi sentiments, particularly when combined with the partial seclo^-'
16 aion of the women, (which lendem them sufficiently inaccessible to
17 excite interest, while th^ are seen enough to be admired). lUey a^
18 sometimes found even among the higher orders, where they are leaa
19 to be expected. It was a love afiair between the chief of the Turco-
20 launees and the wife of the Kliaun of a division of the Eusofzyes, that
21 gave rise to the war between the Ooloosscs, which lasts to this day.
22 Many of tlie iVlghaun songs and tales relate to love, and mof?t of
23 them speak of that passion in the most glowing and romantic lan-
24 f^iia^iiC. A favourite poem, which tells the storv of Audani and
25 Dodtkhaunoe, is known to most men in ihe nation, and is read, re-
26 peated, and sung, through all parts of the country *. Audam was the
27 handsomest and bravest young man of his tribe, and Doorkhaunee
28 the most bt autiiul Mid uiosL amiable of the virgins ; butafeud between
29 then lanulies long prevented their meeting. At last an accidental
30 rencounter took place, which ended in a mutual and vi<^^t passion.'
31 The quarrela of the &milies, however, still kept the kveCB separate,
32 • r once jx>ss«>8«l a copy of this poem, of wliicli T should hjivc been glad to have
33 translated aome extracts ; bot I h$w unoe lost it» and the abstract X have given» was
34 wpertrf to »# fa miiwlm by la Al^haaa'qf Dteariwnd.
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