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2 mesa of:TH& DOOBAUMBBa
3 • horse, and a great number of them keep grey-houjidg. The men
4 have verv little employment : one man, or two at most, are enou^
5 to take vdvc ot all ihr slieep ot a €iirTi|), and e\ eii tliis is often done
6 by a shopiierd lured from amonj; the ilurasauyaiis. Their httle cul-
7 tivation is carried on by Buz^ms, who are generally Hiimsamahs
8 alflO. Their busiest time is in .spring ; the flocks are then sent out to
9 feed at night, and require twice the usual number ot shepherds : it is
10 then also that they have their lambs to take care of, and their siieep
11 to shear ; but tiiese labours are of uo long duraLion. They aheax the
12 sheep again in the end of autumn. Dming theh marches* which
13 never aceed five, or uk niila^ UiBjr 1mw» thiir oittle to load and
14 ^nf9t tad tfadr tents to pitdi; bnt ill iiMioov wtak ii done hf -^
15 womflOy who alio make their dothea, and eSbea w6m Iheir.gulleeins,
16 die camlet ftrtlidr teiita» and Aalicai/ kind ofiagnliidi they uaeiir
17 eovering boraea. Moat of their caparboota» &c fto. aro pipioliaaed m
18 the tawna, wliitlier aoma of the ihapherfa nepak oceaaiwMJIy to aeD
19 iMrcraot and cbvified batter, «h«irtt8.aik^
20 and he canela. -
21 Hatfhig detailed the pouita in which the inhehitenta- of villay a and
22 liMae of camps diiter from eaoh .other, :l fattnuAlfae donid|ilhia ef
23 dioae which they have in common.
24 The people about.townai moat cf thoae in TmagaB* and «H Ihoae of
25 the shepherds who are in easy circumstances* wear e daeaa needy
26 resembling that of Persia ; which, though not very conveinent, is
27 remarkfibly decorous, and with the addition of a beard, gives an
28 appearance of gravity and reapectabiUty to thelowaat of the i*^"***"
29 people See i:*late V iiL
30 • It consist* of a cotton sliirt, over which is a tunic sitting cToso to the body ; with
31 ■kirts reaching halfway down the 1^, which come qnite round and citMs each other in
32 firouL This ia called Uie ulkhaulik. It i« generally made of chintit and that of Manili-
33 pttam, which comes from India by the circtiitoue channel of Persia, ia most admired :
34 OTcr this is a tunic called the kubba, shapcc^ vct\ llki tlic other, and fitber mndr of n
35 OfMurse brown wooikn dosh, or of a very »troDg clotli mode ul cutton, and caUed knddiik.
36 Ilua upper gaxam^kwamMkumiimhaf^ coloiir, bat generally dark, and botde^Wi
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