1 344 CONDITION OF THE FAKEERS OR VILLAINS
2 <M]lie8 in |iiMin|j; 'otiit thr mamy iiiountaiiit» took die capitdlt and» 1
3 bdieve^ dediraDed the pfinoe; bo* he «Ud not- ettempt to liatBiii tin
4 country.
5 The whole of his Ooiooaa are now completelj at hk devotion. He
6 can iniprbon, inflict ooipofeel punishment, a&d even put to death.*
7 He has edaipated domertic feuds, and has establiahed a good polioef
8 so that his government is far from being unpopidar even among hii
9 £uaofiEye subjects. All the Fakeers in Punjcora now belong to bioi>
10 and pity him a tax, but he derives no revenue from his clan.
11 Kaussim Khaun has shewn a disposition fo encroach on some of
12 the democratic laisotz\es in his nei^lil>oui hood, hut ns vet without
13 success. On tiiese occasioas» it seems to have beeu,his plan to form
14 a party within the tribe.
15 It is impossible to enumerate all the httle republics ol ibc l^u-
16 sot/ves. I have got the names of at leust tliirtv of fliem, all as little
17 connected with each other as the Naikpeekhail are w ith their neigh-
18 bours; but it is probable the number of indepcndeiu comnnniiiies is
19 still more considerable. The whole numbers oi' the Kusof/ves are
20 reckoned by the Atghamis at 900,000 ; but on a calculation of the
21 extent and fertility of their country, I should be inclined to conjec-
22 ture that their numbers, including all their Fakeers and dependantSt
23 did not exceed 700,000 souls.
24 The Faksen are mach man numeroua than the Euso^yes. The
25 greatest part of 'them aie Swauteea, who wnamed in their cooitiy
26 after it wae eonqneied* » oonaldenhle muoiber ot DeggMuiSi ■oaie
27 Hmdkewi, (who hsre been driven bj fianine to tmnig^mt^ ham* the
28 Poii^ub,) a few ■Cadimeereea end Hindooa» (clanei which ero led
29 mlo all ooautries bj the denie of geaiit) end aome memben cf
30 JJjfmau tribea (who have Bugnted into the EnaeAgfe ooontij m
31 circmuHiioea iMfh have'depaded them.to the nnk of Fakeen)»
32 fbnndiefeiitof thetbodj. Moat of the Fafcem work m bnabandiy,
33 and many feed heidi of bufialoea on tihe mowttamt. -
34 llie.Fekeen h0ve no landt they are not- oiMd«ed M mentea
35 the oominoinraallil^ nor aflcwpeA to>' be pment nt Jen^m. Mifmy
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