1 £82 CARAVAira
2 mMt, leCtkft dus eiutomt with the tribes through whose kndl h« li
3 to ptiBA, cdlMtt tfa6 iiMilfiy teqoited to pty
4 CO the tflbe to vribioh k b doe. Bat, when the liwhir of Ae Brb-
5 boon u not dected to 'this office, eveiy man maneges Ibr hiauclf,
6 (Mid aD n diaorde^ and oonfiisioti.
7 The toodft flKMn Demaim to nhorasMam, which are tiwdM firjr
8 (hes^ tribes, «te Hie most dhttMlniging Imagitiable. On the w«jr to
9 Canbnl, the road, fer a dittanoe, lies thxongh ckwi defiles, end
10 natiow/ atony vdleyi, amoAg bate moontains. Somedmea it runs
11 Ideng ffaelteds of tonvtfts, and« et ochen, leads <net hi^ and catagggr
12 ijeases. Thet ahmgliieGomul withhitfaebedof a ^m; an^^
13 IfMb'stfeattt riaes) the caravan is obliged tO Seek shelter ih some nook
14 between It iud the hills, and thero to lemain till the witter Idkt
15 l^ese Kiada attr e)sD inliMtM by Shemunees, and stall mofe.by
16 Vizeerees, who oome fiom the nearest part of their own oouatiy to
17 jplund^ the Oarovamt. The taravftn to Candahar, after passing the
18 mountains, joumies over waste plains, divided by rocky ridges, and
19 ha some places by mountains. During the whole march, it is obliged
20 to carrv provisions, and often water, {thai on the- road bcin? salt, or
21 lbf»Tc boin j nonn at all). Shrubs, which tceti ihe t-amc Is and serve
22 for tiiel, are the only nsefid produce of those countries. Small vil-
23 lages are met with rarely on this long march ; but, at some seasons,
24 tamps of wandering shepherds are more frequent.
25 While passing the country intcsU-il by the predatoj > tribes, they
26 ttiarch in great order, with parties at proper stations tor covering
27 their line of march. Even when haltetl, a party of horse are alway*
28 tnounted, to prevent the enemy from carrying off camels that are
29 foraging. iV Iffrge proportion of the caravan keeps watch at night.
30 In the rest of their journey, thej observe little precauUtHi in the
31 maMil, and sleep secure at night In narrow peases, the chieft fyi
32 the Older of passing, and sometimes send parts of the caravan by
33 other roads. Their marches are about ei^ or ten ,miles a day ;
34 and, when tli^ leadi their destination, those who haye aooompaniiBd
35 tile caravan disperse, and tiie people of the tribe aepd Mt /their
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