1 CHARACTER OF THE BERDOORAUNEES. ^
2 Hie tribes ^AaA inluibit iSob* Ii0fth*«a8teni p«rt of the Aj^ifrnm
3 country, endbsed between the range of EBndoo Cooth, the Indus^JJi^
4 Salt Ruige* and the Range of SqUiiuhiii* a«e o6inprehended in the
5 general name of Berdooraiineeiy fint ||wen to them by Ahmed
6 ^hauh. They consist of the Eusofzyes, Otmaim Khail, TurooUiuneesi
7 fiiybereea, the tribea of the plain of Paahewwi andrtboae of Buih
8 gush and Khiittuk.
9 Bfl^Mre I df^ribe each of theae tribes, I shall notice the principal
10 points iA which they differ from all the other A%hauns.
11 It has already been mentioned, that the eastern Afghauns appear
12 to have received their civilization from India, and this observation
13 applies particularly to the Berdooraunees. I'^roni the early peri<>d at
14 which the Kin":?' of Ghiiznce aud Caubul obtained possession of Hin-
15 dostan^ the nortli-eustern part of Afghaunisfaun has been always the
16 thoroughfiire between those empires ; and tiie inhabitiints have imi-
17 tated the manners of the country where the arts of lite were probably
18 most advanced, and which was, besides, in general the residence of
19 the sovereign and his t ouit. These habits were probably earliest in»
20 troduced into the citie'^, aiul the tribes upon the great roads, but they
21 have proved riiost peruianeut in the more retired parts of the country;
22 the oLliers still continued to be most frccpiented, aller the connccliun
23 with India was destroyed, and the presence of the Dooraunee court
24 aitd 'araAj'faiM intntdnoed e diapoaitioii to ddopt the. language and
25 maixnera of KhomsMNiiL On^be whole, howev^, the -nuiimen of
26 India, mixed wiftli thoae pecnyar< to the A%haun8, still pierail
27 amongst all' the BeidoQrimnwii
28 * The BflMloonnuieea'afe dtTided Into numezDUB.Uttle aodetiea.' Aa
29 they areZall t^ooltuzil, ihcj ire crowded into a leas space then coold
30 he AQcupied bj anpr of the .tribea» whidi eie in part, or entird^ paa»
31 ^ondt end ea |]|^ oontinue to inttoiiBej 'eedi trflie finda itaelf nioee
32 and mora stnileBed 'ereiy di^srlienoe eriae diapufos and battica
33 about land and water, and'oonatant 'jealouiy of Ae^^ibonnng tribes
34 .Tlie eflecta of »'cmiirtded poj^uktiQn aote alao obiervabieinindividuab.
35 ^very men la oblig^ to oonatuit attention to the .nieana:neoeli»
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