1 ACCOUKT OF ▲ PABTICULAa J'EUfi.
2 jnfliitt, flid truiiilt aU pobUc hniinfifij ^fgiffa^f^ iritfK 'dwnanbiK
3 ii|:th6QteCBiu|ia». fbch an Minmlily of JiadoriMtt'iiMlerhiB into
4 one spots cannot take place wiftfaout frequent cofmilfliona.* -."Aoeae^
5 ingl^* toatoe a^^y peeMi wkfaoat a qjoancel-: if ttMite is a 'dupule
6 alniil-iwler lor cidlDTalaq^ or the boundaries *ofl a fiflld> Msds af*
7 dcawtti and wounds inflictedt wliidt •leads* to yesiB of -aimeiy and
8 ilsiigfSi m^il <Mul ill swwMMiinll<in Eadiinjiiiy pmklnoes^fierii'ieid^
9 lioBt and hnnoiBi ansa ambnscadei^ gtffifhf n tfae wiHwiffy mnrdfTt of
10 mm in tlieir konsesi and aU kinds of muigidtmf oonfahiii» and
11 sttU»
12 ' A» .tkese finds aoonnnilatef' theme ia scarce a man of any ccmse*
13 ^HQOioe iiho h net upeo the ^miitili tat Ins life. In every village are
14 seen ven-al^ajfi in armoury to seeuie tlieni from the dedgns of dieit
15 secret enendei^ and ptfasts snnonnded hy hisod soldiers, to the nma^
16 ber of ten or twebci and sometimes of fifty or otie hiindred. *
17 I have lutherto been speaking of quarrels iMtireen '«liffiMMii<. OisMJ
18 which one would think - would .noite the membn of aaoh more
19 strongly among tlaunsrifusi No such efibet^ however, appears. Even
20 within the claos there is nothing like peace or concord ; the slightest
21 occasion gives rise to a dispute, which soon turns into an affray. The
22 Mullik^ or cliief of the Cimdy interposes, remonstrates, sootheff,
23 threatens, and intreats ; but his instances are often disregarcicd, and
24 the quarrel continues* till ODO party teeid himseli the weake^ and
25 leaves the village.
26 An account of a particular quarrel, wliich I sliall relate almost in
27 * Anwar Kbnii^ die MuUik of tfie QhaMiwl, ahoft sleeps in hh Hoqjra, or
28 public npnrtmenf, nwny from hh women, snrroiiixled by his male relations ; his ser-
29 vants all sleep round, except tour or five, w1k> keep WBteb; aU have their arms ready
30 hf Hmo, and if OM of tbem goen beyond Ae AndiBld cf iko lyatif, W awe
31 be guided by four or five armed men. I have been told by Mosirrib Khaun (the nephew
32 of Anwur Khnim, a lad about l■iL''•t»'<•T^ years old), that he has seen several attacks
33 oo this apartment by one of the (Jundies of the tame village^ but they failed froiu
34 Hw ateaiMi of Hi* d«lnd«i^
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