1 314 COHISTAUNEES.
2 pitch of tlniMt. called Reg Rowaun, or moving sand, iriudi is the
3 acme of some romantic talei alluded to by- Aboolf-uzl.
4 The Cohiataim does not contain many cattle.. The wild animali .
5 must be numerous. The lioo b taid to be among theip, and the wolf
6 and leopard certainly are common. Many falcons are ^fixmd in the
7 Cohistaiin, which is said also to abound in nightingales.
8 Tlif strength of this country, gives to its inhabitants a character
9 very different from that of the Taujiks, whom I have already describ-.
10 ed. Tliey are almost independent ot tin King, and kept in imperfect
11 subjection by their own chiefs, lu their personal character, they are
12 bold, violent, and imruly ; and so much givtMi to war, that they reckon
13 it a disgrace for a man to die in his betl. They are excellent inikutry,
14 particularly auiung lulls j but their courage is generally wasted in
15 internal dissensions. They have seldom disputes between tribes or
16 villages, but many quaireb 4Uid assassinations among individuals.
17 Diainitea between villages, when Ihej^ do h^pen, are more .aeriom in
18 ^bebt oonaeqisoiceB than daewfaere» ainceit is almoiC.aa eaaf to ftil a
19 phntatkm of mnibeny.treea ai to reap afield of com* and the '^nmy
20 la fiurmotfedlflknilC to repair.
21 Thearms of the Gohirtauneea are generally a caifouwb with afim?
22 lock* ft,p^6l» and a aho^ sharp dagger. Some have abort pilees, and
23 a few bows and shielda. > •- . ': . '
24 Jhehr. dress is a .dose jad[0t, and trowseis of coanoiblack woolkn
25 elotbt apau<^'sfaortha](lioots» and a smsilL silken eapw ■
26 They are all Soonnees, and beas more than ordhuucy hatred to the
27 Fmans and .to all other Sheeahs.
28 Th^'are under different Khauns, of whom the prindqpal is Khaujeh
29 IQianjee ; and these chiefs, though they rmnt*. oontrottl thdc do-,
30 mestic feuds, are able to direct their foreign operalionsv partioolarly
31 when assisted by any religious prejudice. The chie& Jceep.up some
32 little military establishment of their own ; but every man hi the coun-
33 try is n s()1dier. Th( v pny some revenue, and furnish some troops to
34 the King j but, in genejrai, it requires great conciliation and manage^
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