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3 |Mtiiir iii^p»«ioaidte.isMaetW At'tiite aM«iMi
4 A«7 dWf«lM flodnl i|o « dattme to pMvrtqi'atfd eke oot didv
5 gram ftnge wkk lajr TlBe' kiM oHmr-diy'feddav Li
6 4hB'0«l4 parts of ^ ooaiiitty, Aisr cAm trMt dmotji-iMSbelj'^ Hili
7 flCMt of fcod, and 10 mMh plants as the giieep can bibM'OD iwibllg
8 die^fliiow; Tlii» greater part of the «lM|llMnls of those tracts, haw-
9 mnsk tecend into tiie pkina in winlerf or TeCire into aiidtered vaUejrtb'
10 and feed their flocla on the sunny sides of the hflls.
11 In spnng, when grass is plenty in all places^ and the season fat
12 kmbing renders it inoonveni^ to drive the -iMu home^
13 the shepherds break up th^ camps and disperse over the country,
14 pitching by twos and threes, wherever they meet with an a^eeaUe
15 spot. Many such spots are found in the beginning of sprin<^, evien in
16 the \\ orst parts of the Dooraunee country, and the neighbourhood of
17 the high hills especially affords many dehghtfnl retreats in seques-
18 tered vaUeyS) or .in green meadows on the borders of rumung
19 streams. • ■ - > ' • ; " * ;
20 The delight with which the Dooraunees dwell oii the description of
21 the happy daja spent in these situations, and the regrets which ar0
22 excited hy the rcmembrHnce of them, when in distant countries, can
23 only be believed by those who have seen tliem ; while tlie enthusiasm
24 with which th^ speak of the varieties of scenery through which they
25 pass, and of the bemties and pleasures of spring, is sudi as oait em
26 kaam hmtt fiom «o impoliahed a people vriAaaib smjpfiMw-
27 llioiig^ Aew tsamp* «• to waaSk and illuatdl •iii' ni<4i nliMd
28 mbuAim,^ mm not Mqppoie liiit Mr vahikStaamlS^faimiabaAt,'
29 Hmj otiier cunpa are wttun raidi, and 'Ae people belonging to
30 tliam oAan aeet to Inmty'bj chMioe or by appeinttneliti Sheep-
31 AeagiagfcMtiendoidBMiiy entcftanwiienla aiio bring men of ilittleent
32 campt together $ and tJiey ere beoilea often amueed by the amvel of
33 an kineiint tradeaman, a wandering baUad-di^^y or a tsaveDer who
34 awrafle hinudf of their known hoipitality.
35 This aoit of li^ is pesfaaps seen in most perfection in te nunmer
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