1 200 ENTERTAINMENT.
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3 ]ud beeD amandmaofid to negotiste whii me. We nt down od »
4 caipetf . under « phimtree^ and had > long convenation« whkli tlin
5 Lnannif who bad no graatfimdnefo for buainessi- often interrvpted by
6 qu^oiks and apeochcs to Mr. Richard Stmchoj* the fieeietan to the
7 Mission y such as Strachey, let me lode at your seda }** -<* What the
8 denoe u this figure Have yon got auch a thing as a Stpoy ffttt
9 about you?" At ki* oor- business iraa ended, and after some jokes
10 en the dxess of- our respective natioiis, we took aneUier walk in the
11 garden, and then went home. *
12 This garden is close to the baila hissaur, but is divided from it by a
13 public road. The King often retire thither ; and sometimes carries
14 some of the ladies of his seraglio along with him. On these occasions,
15 a number of officers, called Koorkehop*;, are stntioiied on ail the
16 roads which lead to that already meiitioiud. td |u event anv one ap-
17 proat iiing while the Harani is passing, it only remains to say a tew
18 words concerning the character of the great, wliich terminate my
19 observations on that class. ' ' '
20 In examining the conduct of tlie Alglumn Chiefs, as followers of
21 the Court, we certainly take their character in the most unfa\ ourable
22 point of view. In their behaviour to their tribes, respect for public
23 opinion makes them sober, decent, tolerably just, and always kind and
24 conciliating ; but, at Court, they csnnot bnt Imlnbe the oovraption of
25 the atmosphere in which they live ; and, even in speaking of the
26 Afghaim eonrtieia, we voaj nfely pronounce that they are the weiat
27 part of the nation. If die Persians be thrown into the saile^ the
28 • All thr in( n nf the guard and retinue of the mission, who hud attfiidetl tnc to the
29 gardeOi were admitted to view it between oitr wolka^ and were entertained while we were
30 stoarlundMOB. TlitidxtiiKof Enropem and ibiatw dre^
31 between tLe aKMUft md MBie of the %araa dial were mtmag vp and down it, amused tu
32 aU. Among others, we descried my groom, who was stnittijig about one of the l&rge
33 walluf, witii Im Imidn in hia pockets, apparuitly recollecting the most knowii^ of his Loo-
34 dcmMniivlmliftwaiaoMrtedfayaPanMi,ina lii^ dnn capi, anda taoktbatNachetl
35 to his heels. This couple conversed for s»)nic Unie by ^\^n>y ; ami soon got so well ao-
36 qnainti-dj thatthqf ahook haad^ and walked offann in arm into oocof thewaallar aUajPf
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