1 SaO SAFEGUARDa
2 to-be ■efivedf Mid steal when they due not rob ; but, fot $, pomidef^
3 dbJe exteot roimd the towns, » trvvdler it tolenljlj safe under the
4 protectioii of the royal anthoritj.
5 It 18 pQMible, in all tribes, ezoept the Khybeceet, tDobtamsaecaie
6 passage through their territories by a prerious agreeaaent with the
7 MeA, who, for a small present, wUl liiniish an esoort, under whose
8 protection a stranger may travel with perfect safety. A single man is
9 asnflBdeat esoott in most tribes $ but where the internal government
10 Is vay weaik, 4xe where there is much fear of tiie0, it is usual to ghre
11 a psitj proportioned to the quantity of property to he defended. It
12 is remaritable that these arrangements are mo«t eAbctualwith the
13 tribes who, having least connection with the Kio^ have usually most
14 predatory habits* In those tribes it seems to be thought that the
15 Oolooss having no relations with a stranger, is at liberty to attack
16 him, and that such an attack is to be considered as honourable war*,
17 but that when they have promised protection, they are bound in good
18 faith to afford it : the people of the subject tribes, on the other hand^
19 are well aware of the guilt of" robbery, and when any of them are
20 depraved enough to practise it, little sense of honour is to be ex.-
21 pectrd ot lliem.
22 In all cases, it must be observed, to the honour of the Afn^hauns,
23 th:if their robberies are never aggravated bv murder : a ni;in ii\a\ be
24 killed in defending his property, but he wiU not be put to death atler
25 he has ceased to resist.
26 I say iioihing of the plunder oi whole caravans by the leaders of
27 parties during civil wars. This is acknowledged to be an expedient
28 only justified by necessity, ar^d a promise of rq[»ayment in better times
29 is always held out to the ^uiierers. •
30 Book L diipi 5*
31 Digitizeo by LiOO^K