1 SUEKBAUNlia 'JSHI
2 ':llie;fiie^ waupt vip ia thor sheep-skin doaka. TlMW'ftMrti^fimiiih
3 tben with pkntj of firo-wood, and thdr haom wevl^bted fntb
4 »bgMidieaof » pwtiniliir sort of fir which borna like » UttdL
5 The. SheariiiBeCB un genenlly of middling stature, thin, bi|t itoiit,
6 .Im^, «ndacliv8» Theyhvfebold fBStnces, grey eye8,high dbiodiboM
7 «d ihflir genenl appeMifie wwiUL and uanlj. The dnm q( <Jmb
8 ShMiaiiiiees oonsirta of aoome blflckUai^
9 nuddle^ and anoHier.thnmii over <iiar ihonkinra. They wear aandab*
10 ike aolea of wliieh are-made of buUock'a ludM» mdely prepared fagr
11 afeeeping in tlie adies of the tamariak traai and their droM ia oon^
12 pleted bj a hw yards of iriiite eetton cbth lobaelj tmfcad voviid
13 -llieir hwdff The drew of tbe rlchoit ia Bot mdh finer-UiaD ^h<*-
14 'Tbe cfaiaf is than^ magnHkwIty hecanae - he drawaa- in Mnoltaifi
15 •fldka
16 Tlieir lunal fiiod is braad made of Indian com, faotter» itnd kma^
17 Tliifl hat, however, ia a hmaj aeUom engeyed Imt hj those wlip
18 keep aheep^ Wheaten bread b only produoed on ftstivab. Hie
19 •OedipiincipeDyeaM ismntteo. Tbaj nevar IdU bea^ bitt nhflii a
20 tefloiik happens to die, they cat its throat with the usual Mahommo-
21 •dan oetenMNiies, and eat it withont tcnqile> ihoa^ the flesh of aav
22 mals that die of disease, be strictly prohibited by the Koraun.
23 ' Th^ eat wild olives fresh fW>m the tree, and dried oUve% wliii^i
24 -they are obiliged to boil. They also eat wild pomegranates, (though
25 they are very sour and harsh,) the seed of the Julghoozeh piq^.and
26 several sorts of hehies which grow wild in their mountains.
27 The Sheeraunees marry late. They differ firqm the other A%hauns
28 in this reject, that the father of the bride gives a dowry, mstead of
29 •arieehring e prioe &x his daaigbter. The women only work at damee-
30 tic employments, and at reifmig the harvest.
31 Money is very scaioe among them, their trade beiog prindpfUly
32 ^rried on by barter.
33 They have no domestic ser\'ants nor slaves, and no artificers ; about
34 a dojsen of Hindoos keep shops, and sell grain, clot! i, treacle, tobacro,
35 fkudfied butter, and a few of the coarsest manufacture o^' tjix^ .jpi^in^
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