1 GOKPUCT TO CHRISTIANS.
2 908
3 tditiily iad to Lihcw^ wtoe he retained toliii IbtiiMr &Ml Ik
4 18 prabflble tlurf* junoc^ the BordDorautieet* any MnniwImMi wooM
5 ninii e wyeriontj orer e Hindioo ef et^ualiiak} itleait Iioimbi*
6 bar A Bmdooiwiiee cuBeUdiiver in my aerviee, who hed seme die-
7 pake with a Hindoo, and fan to my tentf eocdeinuu^ with cnrecy
8 appewtmnt of ampriae and mdignatioa, Juadce ! Juatioe ! Hem la
9 « » HaadDD lenlliig e Mmaafaoaen in the voy nidafc of the eemp
10 ■ In ^ Weitf however, a Hoaaalman haa no such adranti^; and
11 Hz. Durie rdbtea, that he haa aean many diapntea between WiwAM^a
12 and Mnatmlmana in Cludahar» in winch the .Hnidooa were quite aa
13 Yioknt as their o|iponent8» wiihont ^mng the leaat odfenee to' any of
14 other Mahometans.
15 I must own that I am somewhat at a loss respecting the tre^miM
16 of ^Ti^tie?**' There is no doubt they enjoy a free toleration
17 dffDughoofc the kingdom^ but Mr. Foster (whose authority is not to foe
18 diluted), represents the usage he received while in the character of n
19 rhritrienj to have been conlemptuoas and degrading. My own ex-
20 fieinnee wendd lead me to a very different conclusion ; but, Gmm the
21 situation in which I was placed, it was not likely that I should meet
22 witli any slight. T have, however, had many opportunities of hearing
23 of the treatment ot Christians from a native of Constantinople, who
24 professed the (^atholic relicfion ; and, as he had resided from ten to
25 twenty years in the country, he could scarcely be supposed to bo ill
26 informed. He sometimes complained of the Atgliauns in other
27 respects ; but alwavs said, that thev had not the 'Smallest aversion to
28 a Ciiristian. He look care never to attack the ^lahoinedan doctrines,
29 imle^i?; he was well a^jisured of the free sentiments of his company j but,
30 ill all respects uik onnectt d with religion, his conduct, and the treat-
31 ment he received were those ot a tbreign Mussulman. I have had
32 opportunities of witnessing the tidelity of his Mahomedan servants,
33 to whom lie sometimes entrusted secrets which would have cost him
34 his lite, lie was always treated with respect hy men ot' all ranks;
35 and, among others, by the Iviug's Imaun, the bead of the Mussulman
36 religion in Caubul. Wliat proves the geueral toleration is, that he
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