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2 hmtfhM iBflbrent tiaaw iB«ntiAied €wgy..Ae wfcoli» .ilia Benniidirftd^
3 tta»K% and language 4actdedly psevail in the mAm^ mid «r9 in§^
4 aised even ia those parts where the Indian customt have acqiiir^
5 ^ost foioe^' It is to be obMrved# that every diing bconrowed firom the
6 Persians and IndiaQSy is prmrrcd m it was at the time when fifit
7 adopted, and consequently varies considerably from the actual pnp»
8 doe of both countries in these day^ The Indian dress ani caaloma
9 are those of Shauh Jehaun^s days; and the Persian, those of tht
10 time of Naudir Shauh. Though the latter perioti is by much the
11 shortest, (he i^reat chancre \Yhich has ta^^en j)lace in PfflTBiaj TnivlfifMi the
12 contrast more striking than in tlie other case. *
13 The manners of the Afghauns are frank and open, i iiough manly
14 «id independent, they arc entirely free from Uiat affectation of mili-
15 tary pride and ferocity, wliich is so conspicuous in their descendants
16 ihePitansof India. VVtien tbeir address i.s l^ad, it isnistic, hut never
17 •fierce or insolent : the Indian Pitans seem to have cojiied the- peculiar
18 jnanners of the Eusofzyes, to whom a haughty and unoguiit carriage
19 is iiaturaL About towns the A%hauns are in some degree polished*
20 and shew respect to superiors, but hi many parts of the country they
21 are plain, and. make little »lial:nirti<m of lanks; they all, howevei^
22 jdiew ^BBBt lewwBoee 'fiw 'Old agfr
23 • Tbm^Jibt A^^mund hem ih^ekaefdmmaoa
24 eimufetf in oomparing die behsfidiv nf Aaiaftici witfiiliit ef Enro^
25 yeapBj jset itianotiiiiOQveo&cmto findtha&badifiili-adeftciiffa^
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27 I * Tten fli^not m gwrtcr wfabdt* tea to nip|KM»' fliat tmtn utAam -Mmt
28 <juaige their fashions. Our present dress is at leoiit as Ilki- that of Charles the Second's
29 reign, as the prcst nt dress of the Persians is to that worn when Chnrdin travelled.
30 ,Np less a change ,has iakpn phcp in India: the jokes of the young courtiers .o( Selly
31 joa 4im old fcJiioiiHl drew jmd nsiiiisni of Nizain Ool MpoUt, had «Acti ^h»t
32 • figure in history : and as the <ire-s of the Mogul noblemen at Delly, ami in the
33 Jhcfiap, must hav^ be^ the s(un^ ei|{ht^ or nin^ jrears ago» and .are now .qititf
34 difliii«n^ it ja ^ridoit <«ie;or oAar Jmiik iiava dbaup^ ^.if nof botiu, TS^.iQith
35 EuTf^t^ Jatf^dlm pman J^^, ^umgat m a'dipa .to&nfy difticat ftaf
36 iheit own. . « - j ■ , • . ' .
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