1 APPEARANCE. 4H
2 Then is grent vaiiety of ftttiire iQi(N%^ tht DDonntaMM} ioiiie
3 hufe nrnod plvanp fiues* and some have tzaiU m no way itmi^y
4 mairfced ; but nMNfe of them b«ftt laised features, and hi^ diodt
5 bopeb Their demeanour, tliough manljr^ ia inodMt» «id tbiy hamt
6 diaoofvef eithor ktodty or vulgarity.
7 mHgr never go arme^ cxtept on jotimeyB, idien th^ carry • ftv*
8 sran sword, and perhaps a matchlock ; shields are out of use, and
9 bows are only kept for amiisoment, Tlio^e in good circamstanro<<
10 Jiave plate and chain armour, carbines with hrelocks, pistols, ai^d
11 lances. They often have a lopg bayonet* of a peculiar construt^oOf
12 fixed to their matchlocks. *
13 Tliey have no feuds aaii)?ig thejiiaelves, nor with their neighbours,
14 ^oept ill the boutli-west, mtd, consequently, their only opportunity
15 of showing; their prowess ia in national wans, in which their reputa-
16 tion has alwaya stood very high. Ihe strongest, and 6j fin* the niosi
17 f^BH«p»* body in the vqgidar ain^f is mmpowd of idiecviitingQni'of
18 this tntib, and in an invasiiMi of tliar ooantiy» ifae siftify of llio
19 moosrcfay. ivoald dopsnd on. tbe vohmtary ootvige of tlio Doo-
20 nnmoest
21 lliefioonttaieasMosllMiigious} tbereisnotavOkfe^or nonnp^
22 howtf^ smsiUf without a MooUah« and there jpcobably is aot^anuB
23 (coieqit among the AtshiksyflS) whoiomits fais|Knrffln. Yet Hmj
24 lie. pciifiictly tolemnt, even to Sheeahs ; except among tlKMe very
25 Atdu^czyes, whp are themselves so* indafiannt to the forma o£ reii-
26 ipon. The MooUaha in the country are quiet and inofienaive people*
27 Few of the lower order can read, but almost all the Dooraunees un-
28 derstand and spenk Per«iian, and many cati repeat passagea fiom' the
29 most ceiebi ated poets in tiiat language, and in their own.
30 Their customs relating to marriage are nearly the same as those
31 of the other Aighauns. They usually marry when the man is eigh-
32 teen or twenty^ and the girl from tburteen to sixteen*
33 • Ser Flali VUt
34 8 H
35 L
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