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2 sToBjan In India)* and caniedliig^ over die aheaUen ef liwlMasnli
3 IlMRtamalao liMJe iaeoiiveniM Utten in use in the^Eeit; fi)r.adi
4 paopla Hieae areail canied faj raen» Ibeiiefe bf Jffindobtf dmnglk
5 tkair Icsig beenla and aheep-ddn c]i^ ghnethem an '^ppaaiendevMy
6 diiendt fioaa the Hmdoot of India.
7 The baggage o£.tnv«]]0n is carried on cameUor moW The cat»
8 monest of the Sat sort are those used in Lidia, which though aliv^Ft
9 oalled ■■■"^fl"j are the dromedary of natural hiatoriaDs. Miiles aa^
10 the beat carriage^ aa thagr will naaaij knap <ip with a horse at his inl]
11 walk} but theyiara eoqpcnsife^ andaie^ tfaaieibie» ^oJy naed (Ff tba
12 ridi.
13 There are no posts in A^ffaatmistaun. Hie Kii^aenda liia dla^
14 patches by mounted couriers, called Chuppers, who make sufprisiiig
15 Joumies, and who are supplied with fresh horses by the chi^
16 the places where they happen to require them. It is astonishing what
17 exertions these men will go through, without any preparation but
18 that of wrapping cloths round their bodies and 1imb<^, as tight as
19 pfMsibie, to diminish the .sorctn'ss ol' ihcir muscles in i}\c course of a
20 fatiguing jinirnev. The Kiiii^'s Clui|)|)ci"s ilo not carry letters for
21 other people; the v are indeed rather a superior class oi men, and
22 are often ciitrusteti with important messages ; other people, however,
23 hire Chiip[>crs wlien thev want them, and great men keep them in
24 their cunsLant employ. The bulk of the people send their lettere by
25 t'ossids (or foot-messengers), who travel at a great rate, and oHen
26 reach Caubui trom Fesltawer, two hundred aiid ten miles, in Ibuf
27 days.
28 Hiere are slaves in Ai^l>atmirtann> as in all Mussulman countries,
29 and I abdl noiir gtwe a dwrt account of ^tmr situation.
30 ' Bjr &r lihe graater part are home^bom, but some supplies are xe^
31 aeifed 'fiom fbreign oountriei. Abjssiniana end Negroes ave soiMh
32 ttmea beonj^ horn Arabia i the Bdodies sell Persians and other
33 people whom they sesw in ^leir ibrays ; and a good many Gaofiia
34 nee putcheaad Aom their own natiuit or made ^lisoneta faj the
35 jofiTei i» dieb border. IVa^ Atrntm, ia teonl^lnstsneedrUie.
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