1 AMUSEMENTa ' SfT
2 odfli, or other paMagoB.fimn the poets ; and others pUy the fluted the
3 mb&ub, (a sort of lute or guitar)* tlie camaonbhdi nd sarinddi, (twv
4 of fiddles), or the soanmin, wbaeh is a species of hautboy. Tlie
5 singers mmaUj accompany their voice with the rnbatib or the fiddle.
6 Their tong* are often made bj the husbandmen and ahcphewb ;
7 oitener by professed Shauyers, (a sort of minstrel, between a poet and
8 a ballad-siiiger) ; aad» aomelimee by authota of repotatiooi* of peat or
9 present thnea.
10 The &voarite amusement of all the Afghauns is the chace, which
11 is followed in various modes accordinj? to the nature of the country,
12 and the game to be pursued. Lar<j;r nai tic*s often assemble on horse-
13 back or on foot, and form a crescent, which sweeps the country for a
14 gt&tl extent, and is sure to rouse whatever game is in tlieir range.
15 They manaije so as to drive it into a vallev or some other convenient
16 place ; when they close in, fall on it with their dogs and guns, and
17 otten kill one or two lumdred hoa(l of game in a day. Still more
18 frequently, a few men go out together witli tiieir greyhounds and
19 their guns to course hare8» foxes, and deer, or shoot any game that
20 may &U in their way.
21 - .In aeweptfto of the coimliy, tfaej take hares, or pesdiaps rabWts»
22 mOk ftMs. Hiey shoot deer isith stalking buDodu and eamels*
23 tnuaed to walk between them and the gaa»e> so as to conceal- the
24 hunter. In winter, thejr track wolves^ and other wild animala, in the
25 snoir, and shoot them in their densL Jn some plaoeB» tfaejr dig ahofo
26 in the ground near a qning* and conceal thenuelvea there^ to ahoot
27 the d«er and other soimak that eonae.aini|^ to drink. Ih^alaogQ
28 oat at night to shoot hjasnas* which issue fiwn their dena at tiiat time
29 and i»pwl about hi the dark for their pr^. The^r never shoot biid^
30 flying i hot- fire with small shot at them, as they are sitting or running
31 on the groimd. The; have no* haiyldnj^ except in the East ; but
32 thej 0&ea ride-down portri^es in a wfj whid& is much easier of
33 execution than one would imagine. Two or more horsemen put up a
34 partridge, which makes a short Bight and sits down ; a horseman then
35 puts it.up again., ^"he hun^^ leUere one another* so astto allow the