1 CHARACTER OF TH£ £USOFZY£S. 3^
2 nil tmnre tad hoopitable^ though &r infenor m Uui qaility to the
3 weitetn'tribea. TImj iie» iMnrerar* libcnl fm ttiriif om rTwmwii
4 y > mm fa fgdaegd to pgmlji, io aitbheiniable tohii«.ftkfaQi]ter»
5 «r to b0 oUiged to sdl hb 1ni4» hfl is obiflvved to M mto lim qpi^
6 finn iramilfid- piidei andf t£ he fa not toon leHerady qdts hfa tribes
7 ind goes on » pOgiink^ toMBoca» orMUout to tijr hfa ftirtiiiie id
8 Indfa} but if he be a brave end rfeqpectable Maah- hfa mnte are no
9 sooner known* than a subscriptkn fa nude ibr lum, and he fa placed
10 in a situatioii which allows him to remain at home wtthouk shame.
11 Anodier mode of obtainhig relief is practised, hot is rare, because it
12 fa ccmsidered as degndingi It is brought about by the distressed
13 person going round the viUages in hfa neighbourhood, and stopping
14 ooteide of each, and waving his Loongeew Hie signal fa immediate
15 understood, and never fiuls to produce a contribution.
16 The Euaofeyes of the upper countri^ are remarkably sober, and
17 free from vices, but those of the plains are notorious for every sort
18 of debauchery ; vices which are not to be named, nrc practLscd uni-
19 versally with the most disgusting publicity} and gambliii::, and the
20 intoxication which is produced by opium, bang, and other druf^s, are
21 carried to the utmost exce?;s. Nevertheless, these very tribes are re-
22 markable tor their religious zeal and intolerance, for their attention
23 to all tho forms of devotion, and for the profound respect which they
24 bear tor MooUhIis. Tlie tyranny of these priests is there carried to
25 an intolerable pitch. They connive at the notorious vices of the
26 people, in wliich indeed they share themselves, but they abstain from
27 going to the most innocent meetings at the Hooji as, as inconsistent
28 with the sanctity of their character j and they punish an omission of
29 the stated pravprs, or a breach, of the established fasts by pubhc ex-
30 ' posure on mi and by severe corporal punishment.
31 . Very different is their condition in the mountains, and particularly
32 in Upper Swaut Hiey are fiur moce leally respectable there than in
33 the plains ; hot as th^ am thnid and nnwadiliei th^ aie hM m
34 Hoonteiiipt, and treated Uttle better than Fafceen* Eran leaduig fa
35 '^looked down on there as an nnmaidy accomplishment. Some men
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