1 FORM AND APF£ARAMC£ OF. THE PEOPLE.
2 V AnuMig di^ UiMnft ilie natter -often' agrees to eafranddwhii
3 due, iHieA< lie ean pay a certain em ; 'or ptomiaei to do to« if - bit
4 vitt Bwre wcit fev a certain number ofyeaM.- "Die mi^gpatnite-ettr
5 ineei:lilieae«oga0Bniente. Hie i^^wuni and P«Hnui^ on the.inN
6 tnsy* tliink.it-A di^gnwe to lelcaao a al«ve-fiar money; but dwy ofteii
7 give them dttfir liberty for good aervice, or emancipate them on tiwir
8 deatb-bedsr I hove heard of a great Khaun who thought be^Wtit
9 dyrag, wad desired aB his akfea who: bad any dislike to his son, to
10 come and receive firom him a paper* aettiDg them 6ee m ^tlcgal
11 ianoM* . Tbe^A^haiiriH have always a gueaft famrar at malaiig people
12 dbrea; tikey rerile the Uabdcs for this practioe; and tpffy to tbem
13 vidi ffnt/t' the q>peUation of - Audam' farodij or aaUen of
14 men. . , . .
15 An author, by no means partial to the A^hauns, bears testimony
16 to this way of thinking among them ; but as the bulk of their slaves
17 are descended from captives taken in their early campai^^'ns against
18 the Hindoos, I suspect that their barbarous relifjion encoiiiai,rps them
19 to practise towards idolaters the very crime which they 80 much abhor
20 - wiien the sufferer is a true Ijelierer. *
21 The Afghaun wonieu ate de.scnbed as huge (compared to those oi
22 Uidia), and very fair and handsome. •
23 Tlie men are all of a robust make, and are generaUy lean, though
24 bouy and muscular. They have high noses, high cheek bones, and
25 long taces. Their hair and beards are generaUy black, sometimes
26 * like Mkiiring passage fhim Ren Knirindd, b dMt a&sM «*Le
27 *• tnitaaaent qu'Ua (kti ^Vg\-uns) font a ceux qui d«f«iMHient leor captifk par le droit de la
28 guerrr n ri rien de la barlurie de la plupart des autrcs nations dc I'orient. Ds regards
29 ** ooninie une inhumanity atroce, et dont Us ont bonreur, Tusage de ceux qa'iles trmdenr
30 ftpdttr Mdaiia. JlMttiasirndfribw feat Mrm par cnt<naaantr»<|wdm;kta»
31 « m&Bie ds,Iai|r «rri|ndcib h* mitent avec bontt e£ «n ont du soin ; iU ne miuiquem
32 "jamais pour peu en soient contents, de leiir r<!ndrc la lilx?rtt' au bout d'uii certain
33 ** tetns : antant diiierau des autres peoples de 1' Asw a cet c^ard qui'la le soot du cote do-
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