1 ffj^ , STOORE&AUNSjEa '
2 to keep up its ancient cimIoiq* but wta mnni o(liii|iened to. unitate fflie
3 jHid/a^ «)flMl..4iflpiitw- betwemt^ new mtkn aid tho old*
4 tbe whole tribe beonne agnBokiiral, except tiKk.danit wludi itiU ad»
5 liere to a pa8tofiil,]i^ and movd their little caiiip8.iiiipni!^to. 8paiC4
6 on the south wcsteiT|.«kirt» of Soloiliaib*« thvoiie»
7 .. Manj of the ^tooweduneo^ hamver» aie. fltOl merchants and *
8 carriers, a life i^pma^og to that of a ^raoidenxig shepherd*
9 Tbdir carriage is nwMlly. On bullocks and assoiu -.Thair niimlieti
10 ire about four thousand funilies. Their government agrees
11 vcactly witk the model of an Afghaun aristocracy. The Cauzy, how-
12 ever, is so important an office* that complaints are made to hiia
13 directly, in the absence of th6 Kliaun. The Cauzy is appointed by
14 the Khaun, and the Moollah of each village by the Mooshir. The
15 son of the last incumbeot ia preferredt U, he is fin ibr th« employ-
16 ment.
17 The condition of the Ryots is nearly the same in all these tribes.
18 They are generally Juts and Beloches, with some Hindoos. They
19 have no land, and they are under the person on wfiose estate they live, in
20 the same manner as the Fakcers of the Kusolkyes. In Damaun, how-
21 ever, they cannot pass from one man to another, without their mas*
22 ter*s consent, which is generally obtainexi by a present, either from
23 the Ryot, or from the person who wishes to receive hun, Tliey can,
24 howe^'er, quit tlie tribe to which they belong, whenever they pleajie*
25 Suru'ur alone endeavours to prevent his livols from leaving hiui.
26 The whole of Damaun is subject to the King, but his audioritv is
27 loosely exercised, and he seems quite indifferent to every thing but
28 his revenue. The tribes are bound to furnish him with a body of
29 honef for which be generally takes a commutation in money. He
30 aboleviep the Jeeseea* or tax on Wa^wn, thiou^out TKiinaMi^
31 Hie tribes of Damaun seem attached to the Kbg^ ai long as he doea
32 not niteifete with them* but tbqr hwk with hotroar on the prospect
33 of being bron|^t under his government, and diimgii^ their jweani
34 ndependenoe ibr snhmiaaion to a inaater. .
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