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2 APPEARANCE AND CONDITION.
3 . Hie cmpiloyiiiAiiti of the women have been alluded They ane
4 alnKMt as regular as the men in their pmym. lliiir huibends trait
5 them kindly) and it -is not uncommon Ibr-a woman to have a great
6 ascendancy over her husband, and even to be kidk»d up to in the
7 family for her wisdom. A lady of ihh kind assumed the ^solute
8 command of a caravan with which Mr. Foster * travelled, and that
9 gentleman profit pd in no small degree bv her protection.
10 The men and women live and eat togetlicr when tiie th niilv is by ,
11 itself^ but at their parties they are always separate. Their visitorSf
12 their s]i(>i*ts, and all their meetings are apart.
13 Tin men often assemble in the monque, the Huojra, or the Meh-
14 maunkjiiiiamh, where they smoke, talie snuiF, and talk of their crops,
15 their flocks, the. little incidents of their society } or of the conduct of
16 the great, and the politiaB of the kingdom. Hnnting end ahoodng
17 ate alao ftnrourite amuaemcnta, and it is among tlie DoofaraieeB and
18 other wertem A%hanna, that the games and sports vHudi hate been
19 so fiiUy described, me by fiur the most practised and enjoyed. • ThejF
20 danoB the Attnnn ahnost eveiy evening, and they never have a meet-
21 ing without songs and tales.
22 , £Vom the account I have ffveih the condition of the Dooraunees
23 must be admitted to be happy, as long as it is not rendered othe^
24 wise, by causes fovdgn to the usual habits of their lives. The piesait
25 confosions, one would think, must disturb those near the cities and
26 great roads, though it may not reach the inhabitants of retired pnrts
27 of the country; but the evidence of Mr. Dmie, who was at Ca!i(l;!fi;ir
28 in 1811, and who chiefly saw the iu i(:^libourhood of that t iLv, and the
29 hi^ way firom it to ( iiulml, leads to an opposite conclusion, " Tlie
30 " people of the Klivks. ' says Mr, Durie, ** both men and women are
31 " very happy, as far as 1 saw, and in the (owns too, th^ appear to
32 " be very happy, only when any kind of contest takes place among
33 " the diie6, it is tliai that pknder takes place.** In &ct, all evi->
34 * 8s» bis Tnml% ft§m 95. 97, Jtc voLiL
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36 Digitized by Googl