1 H06PITAUTY.
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3 dai09 lopiewnti the Dooraaneei inlihe eomtxy to he quite wenve '
4 fiom the «Abcto of the ilaniggles among the ciiiefi^'aiid, in the tdwnii
5 it It ptobabia that the Btonn prodnoed l]^ tim
6 llie heads of the peafile among' whom Mr.' Done Itvodt and that it
7 ivta 'onlj lihen a oily wbm iakm almoat aawwJt, that Ihey tattmd
8 from the reyolnftiQaB which mxvoanded tiienL
9 The hospitality so anupicaoaa amongjit all the Afghauns, it paiCi-
10 oniarly lo with the Doorauneea. ' fiveiy stzanger is welcome vrhtreyeT
11 he goes. Hie smallest and pootMt camp has* iia anangemants for
12 the reception of guests, and the greatest nobleman is not exempted
13 from the nooeaattj of providing ^xid and lodgiDg for all who appzoach
14 bis castle.
15 In most villaores, travellers go to the inosqiic or Hrxjjra; and in
16 common times, the hr^t ^lerson they meet entertains them. In times
17 of scarcity, they are suppiied either by a subscription from the in-
18 iiabitaiitj», or, much more frequently, by the person whose turn it is
19 to entertain a guest : bread, kouroot, and clarified butter, are always
20 provided, to which flesh and soup arc added, if a sheep lias been
21 kilkd in tlie ▼iilagCb If an entertainment ia going on at any boose
22 in the yiUagOi the tmeHer ia iimnodictefy inrited to it> and neeivod
23 with die iame attention aa if he were a friend and nei^iboar ; aaod
24 when he letiraa to leatt he is provided with covering by the penon
25 who ia allotted to hu ho*.
26 Thif hoifitalitjr ia not limit^'id to A^^ianni^ of even to JMEalioninie*
27 dans; a Hindoo vilio came into a Doofannee Vill^e^ would meet
28 With the same leoeptian* although his religion would not allow' him
29 to eat with his entertiiner^ even if they had no acroplea in hia com*
30 Mr. Dune, who passed through the country during a great scarcity,
31 wail every where fiad* and furnished with tobacco, though it of^pn cost
32 his entertainer a great deal of trouble to procure the Insi ai tit le tor
33 him, as the crop of it hm\ entirely failed throiigiiout the country.
34 WTien liis feet were sore witli walking, they gave him butter to rub
35 th&n witb» and pressed bim to stay a day or two. He was some-
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