1 PREDATOBT CHARACnft Or THE SHfiERAlWEEa 38.^
2 ■ fjhiinniiinirn have also Cbelwashtees, but they leab intended
3 nther to supply the place of the Neeka in distaafc pnis» than to
4 itrangthen bis power. They are appointed by the Neeka, uid-Mt
5 under his orders. The Sheeraunees have little internal dissension.
6 There is a Moollah in every village, who receives a tythe oi' the
7 produce of its lands nnd flocks. The simjilicity of the Sheeraunees
8 isahewn in aRtron^i; \i<A\t bv one of the i unctions of this priest, winch
9 ia to sew the shrouds tor thi- dead. great many of the Slieerau-
10 nees learn to read tiic Korauii, though uoue but Aloollaiis learn to
11 tead Pushtoo, and none rersian. Thev are very punctual in their
12 prayers, but apparently feel little real dt votion. *
13 The Sheeraiinees are at war with all the tribes that pnm through
14 their country in tlieir annual uiigratioas. They may, indeed, be said
15 t6 be at svar with all the world, since they plunder every traveller that
16 comes witliin their re^h ; and besides, make incursions into parts of
17 Damaun, with the inhabitants of whicli they have no quarrel. "While
18 I was in their neiglibourhood, they stopped the body i>t a Dooraunee
19 of rank, which vva.s guing through their coimtry to be buried at Can-
20 dahar, and detained it till a ransom had been paid ibr it.
21 All, however, agree that their fiuth is unblemished, and that a
22 tntteller who hires an escort of Sheevaunees, may pass tfarooi^ tbeb
23 coHBtry in peiftitt security. •
24 Ilia Neelu oonmumcb in their wkbb, mtd hthm-my expedition,
25 •E the iiDopB paM nndsr lie tnzlaa, whidi is siretdied eat ibr the
26 purpose by the Keeka and a MooUah. Tliia they think teenrea them
27 from wwBdsnddendi; «ul thc^teU sMes of pn»a who hsve
28 kMt ibtir lifiea fiam ne^^eoting or diadHnIng this cennibiiy. l&eir
29 •ma ve e flMti^lock and a sabne*
30 * I hsve aeen a Sheeraonee performing bis XaniAuz, idbOe same people in the tame '
31 company were talking of hunting; the size of deer happened to be mentioned, and the
32 Sheenumce, in the midst of his pro^traiioiiH, colled out that the deer in his country were
33 M hrgp M little buDodu, and dicn went on whh hit de«otka».
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