1 DRESS or THE UE^
2 ig <Hie iaJIed Kkomjft by the Boomineei, aafl Chiiwiiee ty Tto-
3 Jikfl. A nun ttket hb left IboC m his ri^^' hand, and hop* about on
4 one tegt aideavouring to ovenet his adveriaiy, who advances in thm
5 aame way. This is played by several o£ a aide* and ia move oompU*
6 cated tlian I hanre made it, but still a strange game for grown up men*
7 Prisoners* base, quoits, (played with circular flat stonea) ; and a game^
8 like hunt the slipper, (played with a cap)» are also very commcHit as
9 are wrestlii^ and other trials of strength and skill. Fighting-quails*
10 cocks, dogs, rams, and even camels, are also much admired. I have
11 seen camels matchetl; nnd, during their rutting senson, they fight
12 with great furv. When the battle ends, the speriutors had neod to
13 clear the . for the beaten camel, who runs oti at lus utmost '^ix. ed,
14 antl is otten pursued by the Victor to a tlistanre from tlie tic Id of
15 battle. All these games are played tor some stakr ; somotiiuei* for
16 money ; 6oni< times the \\ intu i takes the beaten cock, ram, or camely
17 but the general stake is a dinner.
18 The dress of the men varies ; bui, tliat now used in the West, ap-
19 pears to mc to be the original dress of the whole nation. It consists
20 of a pair of loose trowsers of dark coloured cotton ; a large shirt *,
21 like a waggonette fioc]i» but widi wider sleeves, and only reaching a
22 little below the knee ; a lowcap^ (shaped like a Hulan'a cap), tli»
23 iidee'of wbich are of black silk or sirtin, and the top of gold brocade^
24 or of somelnig^teoloiiied dodi; and a pair of half booisy' of brown
25 leather, laoed or buttoned up to the calf: over this, for a great part-
26 of die. jear^ ia thrown a large doak of well tanned aheefMkin, witb
27 die wool inside^ or of soft and pliant grey fyt. This garment ia worn
28 loose over the shoulders, wHh die sleeves hanging ddwn, and readies
29 to tiie andes f* In the cities and more dviUsed parts of idiecountiy,
30 the diess geneially worn resembles that of Ftersia }'and» sJong the
31 eestem holders of A%hanniBtaun» it in some respects iqppfoecfaesthit'
32 eflndia. ..
33 * Tbcjr call tbi» shirt Cameew, whidi, I believe, is alao the Arabic tor a shirt. The
34 Uffian ii c«niMiB,'aiid flw IVaidi, diemue; but, at it «m not tiS afkcr tlie Oundtib .
35 dHS thic garment was irom IB Euop^ the tem jMMt bmiB^fiMiloil in die £sat
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