1 llclodgi ind thote whidi belolig to'inatelMnte-or indiykhial canjam
2 wbm tmrdliiig in the.direotkm df dne of tb^w migrations, genenUy
3 attttdi.dianietMto aome tribe for safety, and this .other admtages
4 pif Qompanj* 1
5 The trade to pUwes out of fhehanotB of the. wandering tribes^, ia
6 cenied'.on entuelj on. animiib belonging to.ibe.nieichanta.an40v-
7 iieKB;of the eities> which aie there formed into oanvan^ asfd^in liiia
8 nunmcr all, forogn. trade ia carried on.* . >
9 ' . .Iheimanner m. whidi thoae are oolidiicted. which travel with wwi-
10 deringtribei^ w^U.bebeit Uhiatiated bj the ezanqpile of;a tfSi^, whjdi
11 h aoppmpanied bj few camebthot ita. own,, and that of oiie wjbtich-ia
12 gDoogqpaaiied.faj many b^ongjng to other penona. Half the M&eta^
13 kli^l meve aimiliUy fipom Damaun to ShD^ andth^
14 Uiey^fiejaoooinpanied by their wives and families, and are eommfiided
15 by some of their own hereditary chiefe*. aasisted and supported by
16 Chelwashtees * i and all ooramapd. and control ia ui-.the.aaine.handia
17 in which it would be, if they were in their own territoiy, Anystranr
18 gara. that join thenit are obliged to submit to the cnatonia.of the
19 Mc^eankhail. % "> i )
20 With the Bauboors, on the other hand, the bulk of the caravan; is
21 composed of people not belon^ng to the tribe; and even the Baur
22 boors who belong to it, are not accompanied by their families, but
23 merely travel as merchants. A Mushir f o^* the Bauboors always
24 goes with the caravan, and is invested with nearly the same authority
25 which the Khaun has at home, but his power oiilv extends to his own
26 tribe, and it is at the discretion of the rest to obey him or not. In
27 general, llie whole elect him Caufila BausheeJ, which fjives him
28 authoriiy o\er them all; he cbcK)ses eighty men to assist him, impos-
29 itig li fine on an v who refiise. He keeps the peace, settles disputes,
30 appoints and posts guards and escorts* fixes, on the places of encamp-
31 * A lort of dktator aaawtiaic* appnintod in. tiha MpdUicMi tribal.
32 f Hie hereditary chief of a diyision of the tribe,
33 t A TkttUdb t«nB fifnii^iii^ HomI of a Caravan.
34 F P 8