1 CLAN OF THE ATCUIKZYE& 421
2 Hmiiti; ikgj never ooaiie' to Indui al ouRliaiili t» aAr«ititran» iiid
3 «»»ldBai Sa^ad MUled oat of thdr nidve ooanixy* . Tht^ ii»»a
4 gpei*:dal nuns p«pai« wilfa the odur Hibef* th«a one voilld eaipefit
5 wnaog^'^fwplm bo jealous of superiort; tbe oppreM&iDs di ibA
6 govmiment, and irregularities of their troopa» aie often felt and ex-
7 idunied against ; but all acknowledge their natural aupefumty, and
8 oren lihe tribes in rebellion treat Dooraunees with respect There is
9 not An inhabitant of the Caubul dominions, who would hesitate be-
10 tween the Dooraunees and GhUjies, or who does not look with dread
11 to the chance of tlie ascendancy of the latter tribe.
12 Even the Ghiljies themselves, though animated by the rnrtcoiir of
13 nnsuc( esstul rivalry, though inveterate against the i^overnment, and
14 though ] eally subject to oppression, acknowledge the merits of the
15 Doorauneeh as individuals, arid place them above all the Aighauns
16 in hospitality aji well a.s in courage.*
17 Hie Atchiitzyes differ so much from the other Dooraunees, that I
18 have reserved them for a separate description. ' '
19 They are by no means a numerous tribe, most aoootuits fixing their
20 mmhin at ^o tliouMnd ftmitieB. < in -my opinion thfly-dtf not;
21 oeed linee diouoiiidi
22 Thej are aD herdainep or thqphenbi and though they coltivnte «
23 * Tlie IbOindBg dUogoe WW talm Aiwn al^^ it pflrt bctivcai
24 a Ghiljic and me. Ho Iind left his country in the mountains of Solunaun, oa account of
25 a murder, and had joined a party of banditti, who Uved in the south of Sccataul^ and
26 uaed to plunder the Dooraunee country. I asked him if they killed Dooraunees who fell
27 inSD their hands? Me said, ** We never let one escape; and now. If I had an oppaif-
28 ** tunity, I 'wouW not cp'^'f' ""t^ timr tn drink water .;" nnc! nlW a paTi'^f. " Are wc not
29 ** enemiea?" 1 usikcd Lim what sort of people th« DiM>r«uuee» wt:re <' " (Jood people.
30 HicjdKMwril, they are hospitable, they are not inadlcnNig ; yet woiMOid go tmoof
31 "them, and senrc them, .-ii tlir;i iilt, and then set fire to their houses; our hearta
32 burn because wp have lost the kingrlom, and wc wish to sec the Dooraunees a» poor as*
33 " ourselves, lliey say, ' coiue let us be united ;' you ha?e taken our kingdom, killed
34 oat tvodiar% Mid led iflngr oar wwMii priMiMi% «^
35 Other G^iiQM^ iiliile dicgr pndwd dicir jnMina% aMibtfwen ftfi <rf fHoiimihtiw
36 Mdgidb.
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