1 CUflfTOM S LEVIED FT OaiL0Ofi8B&
2 «f <kair labour, particolflriy'iiiiflii tiMgr «e artimuy tqd faj tiie
3 cniinf of their herds.
4 Besidflstke Fakeeni -employed in husbandry, ihtte^mt vijmy ^tko
5 tmsfk as maaeiM, weaven, dyers, &c. the Afghattns ne^er praotilii^
6 •tay 1^ these crafts. Hie situi^ion of some of these h ndenmen is pe-
7 culiar. The blacksmiths, carpenters, and barbers, together with the
8 drununerB, are attached to particular Cnndies, have a share of land,
9 and work gfratis for the Cundv, which thev follow when it chancres its
10 residence. All the others remain tixetl, and are pnirl hv individiiais ;
11 even the rnfif^tcr of an artiza?i is ohligcd to pay liiin tor liin work.
12 Aighauns who come from distant tribes, and wiiose connectiotis are
13 not known arnonu the Eusofzyes, are ohli{?ed to settle as Fakeeis ;
14 but Eusofzyes, who move from one Oolooss to another. ytHrticularly
15 if they have not been obliged by poverty to sell their lands, are re-
16 ceived as equals, and a portion of land is ai>>si^iu d to them on con-
17 dition of serving in war, like tlie members of the Oolooss. They are
18 not, however, consultetl on public aiiaiib, but are under the jjroU'o-
19 tion of some individual who looks after their interests. Some of the
20 Deggauns, who are reckoned a manial people, are also allowed to
21 serve with Eusofzyc Ooloosses, and their assistance is repaid by grants
22 of lands, where they live together, under chie& of their own.
23 Tbeatftte.of tlie Faikeers is not exactly the aame in all dans ; -in flonie
24 Hiey are exenqii from paying a tax ; and the amount of it, and ofllife
25 'finM, vmry in othfiocs.
26 Mbiie I qiik the genefal conoenw of thie Ooloow> I h«ve to ob-
27 iwrrc, that most tribes levy tidatoma on goods, that enter or paaB
28 Ihniiig^ their oountiy. The produce aometimea goea to tlio Oo-
29 looaaea^ but oftener to the dikf.
30 Hieir trade out of their- omi Kmita, -ia not oonaideiaibie. Thity
31 export gnun to Fadumr* and import aome of the*finer mamActami,
32 bat thoae in eidinaty uae are-made nt-Jioine. ' '
33 What I have aaid of their government, haa ahready thream aome
34 ligst on the numners of the Eoaofryea; iHiat remains, alndi be added
35 'to a aligjht aooount of their emtoma and babiia af USfi,
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