1 DR£S£^ MAMtOiiUB^ AliD CHAEACTEa. iM
2 Guggeenneat it fiwthouwmd'fiiiBwii. "
3 HM'tJntevdien fim.tlid''GlioiKieTir (ShoraeddniL Xb&at tki
4 middle of the' fifteenth naaturj, the^ w«» iMtded to Hieifeit i|f
5 Giinmnn; aloiig the river Tliimiks and in teibei'sitinie (ebeiit A. H»
6 915), tHe Mefamendt «t leert ieem to hivve been to the Mmth of
7 Gtimee, Tlief 'ippeer at that penbd «o-h«ve- been peitlj, if not
8 entinly peatdieL
9 They descended to Peahwfer in the reign of Canmreim
10 Bnbar» end'witlilheeMistaneeof 'dut'prinoey drove thelXhuHmks
11 nacbas the Indnsrof tfait 'niuneroas and' pbwerM trib^ there are
12 IMnrenlytVfo'or three villages, tothe^weat «f the Indus. Them
13 are, however, some tfaouaand DUaaanka 0D1 the Indian aide of the
14 iiver* ' ■ • .. . »
15 From their leaidence in an •open plain, these tribea moat a}w8ys
16 have been in complete dependence on the King. Ihey aaret indeedf
17 the itiost ndgeet of the Afghaun tribes, and are, in consequence, ex-
18 posed to iJ)p|niaaaioii, which they bear with a good deal of impatience.
19 The chief injury which they sufier, is from the troops foraging^ in
20 their fields' while the King is at Peshawer. They have twice rebelled,
21 and are said to have had a design of expelling the King^s governor,
22 and imitntinn; the independeiice- of the £iuoizye8, which they ccr*
23 tainlv admire and env^'.
24 The chiefs of the tribes are here called the .Urbaubs ; their powers
25 vary in i\w ditit rent tribes ; they are greatest among the Mehmends.
26 Tritiing disputeb tween individuals are ^t ttU d hy the chief, or by a
27 Jeerga, but all important causes are investigated bv the ('auzy, or
28 the Sirdar oi lho city. In general there is great tranquillity in Pesha-
29 war, but in suinuier, when the Kin^^ and his troops are absent, strong
30 sign;> of the turbulence of the Berdooraunees break out, and tribes
31 oiieii fight iibout water for their fields. *
32 The houses, food, and habits of life of the tribes of Peshawer, re-
33 aemble those of the Eusofzyes. The dress has ako some reseni-'
34 bhmcci^ being a mixtore of that of the- Iniyena ivfth that of thd'