1 CHABACTER OF THE EUSOFZna .
2 do not woric oaft d doon i ihofe d die poofstt hmd bring ib mtery
3 but they always do lo bj
4 vfllages ai<e baUt in ■tracto» but widioat any partunlir ngmd^
5 to dfder. Hmj^ »e» b<Mi«¥er, veiy neat and dflan» and hmre many
6 miilbeny Ireaaj and othar fruit treei planted np and down tbem.
7 Eveiy bouse bai a little gaiden and a few Tuiea.
8 Moat cftbe Uboor being done by tbe FakeeiSi none bo^
9 Eniofirfes aie obliged td'work; tbe otbera aometinioa take a ibare in
10 the laboora of Ibeir dwii.fiddi^ but it ia rather fix excRise^ and to we£
11 an example^ than to work in eameat llie^^ howew, loperintsnd
12 the ddtiTatian, atad diiect the opantioni of their Fakeans and lund
13 Iflbonren* When not ao engngedi tbsy go to the Hoqpi^ «heM| in
14 winter, diey spend the greater part of the day, in conversing and
15 iinokiiig rJond a fire. CuUeeauns are kapt there ibr pnblie use, as
16 few pebple^amoke' at home. They have sometimes boys, and somen
17 timea wbrneui to danee^ and aing ballada and other aoi^ The £u^
18 aofi^res themselves seldom ring, and never play at any of those active
19 games iidiich delig^ the simple inhabitants of Khftfassssnk Thisir
20 only amusements are firing at marks with bows and arrows, or matdK
21 lodu, and eketrcising themselves in the use of the sword;
22 Living among a conquered people, like Spartans among Helots,
23 and enjoying entire independence on all around, every Eusofzye is
24 ■filled with the idea of his own dignity and importance. Tlicir pride
25 appears in tlie seclusion of their women, in the gravity of their nuin-
26 ners, and in the hitjh terms in which they speak of themsi h es and
27 their tribe, not aliowin|i e\en the Dooraunees to be their e(jii;ils.
28 Tlieir independence and eentmuai quarrels make tl^m suspicious
29 and irritable, render their manners repulsive, and takes away the
30 openness and plainness which pleases so much in the other Afghauns.
31 They are generally iiout men, but their form and complexion ad-
32 mits of mucli variety. In those whose appearance is most cha-
33 racteristic of their tribe, one is struck with their fair complexions,
34 grey eyes, and red beards, by the military affectation of their car-
35 riage, aud by their haughty and insolent demeanour. They are
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