1 ABaCENUNft. CALHUKa
2 Araienians, a j)e<>plc to be found in almost every part of the east,
3 where there is a prospect of gain.
4 Abyssiniaiis (who have been bought as slaves, ami w ho now fonn
5 puit uf the King's guards) aad Calmucks, here cuilcd l\ullimauks,
6 who are also the King's guards, aud who seem to bear a strong
7 resemblance to the people of the same tribe in Russia. Mr. Kerr
8 Fofter's picture of a Cdmuck.ia his Travels, ifi a good caricature
9 of one oif tboae In GtubuL They were brought from Biilkh bj
10 Tymoor Sbttili» and it is but lately that the nativea of Aj^iawni-
11 ataun have become femiliariaed to their Inoad ftoea, tfadr. loi^
12 namm eyest and extreme bbdmeaa of their rikin. It ia a mat-
13 ter of tome anrpriae^ that Uie Cafamicik8» ivho are in general inhahir
14 tanta of the north of Aaia» ahould have immd their way to Gaubul,
15 but they are fimnd in conaideiable numbers in the kingdom of
16 Bokhanr*! and their erratic habits account Soie their fiirther ad-
17 vance.
18 In this list I take no account of the Beloches, Eimauks, and
19 Hazaurehsb- «h6 *lue ih^gica^ ilnmben throughout the wesi, 'Ot df
20 the SeestaunaaS) Kermaimeea» JMeivee8» and |raople of other towns
21 and pi>oi[iBoea of - Peraii^- who ave'iettled la^ cemidertihle nunUiers ;in»
22 different parts of the country. The few European TuikB».Jew8> men.
23 ^ Badukahaun» Cashghar, &c. deservieaot£uther nbtice, nor do the
24 more nmnerooa Uabek tiaveUets^ who ooMe tpr|xader'<v^ study atl
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