1 40B BARAICHE&
2 fitted to hAodktf of- wood, or hotn* ibr poople to draw wBlbttmStht
3 Ballad-singers and story-tdkfs 9te also numerous in the bazars, anA
4 •U-aiUcles ftam t]ie:w«it» are m much greater plentf.andpwffectiflrf
5 <iuuii at Peshawer.
6 Contran' to what is the case with other cities in A%haunistaun, die
7 greater part of tlie inhabitants of Candahar are Afghaims, and of
8 these \yy far the greater nimiber are Dooraunees. But tin ir condition
9 here bears no rpsf»mhlan«j U> lliat of their lirethren in the country.
10 The peculiar institutious of the A%haun tribes are sii})crj«eded by the
11 existence of a strong government, regular courts of law, and an
12 efficient poUce. The rustic customs of tlie Alghauns are iilso iu a
13 great measure laid aside ; and, in exteriors, the inhabitants of Gui<>
14 diduur a good deal resemUe die BBniana ; the reModbiaiice ia, hoir*
15 ever, confined to the extorior, for their characters are still meiked
16 wid& eU.the pecoliaritiea of ftliflir neti^ The other mhabitanto aie
17 TMQikB,' Einumkih. -Hmdooe, Perneiifl^ Rnwitinnfinij end Bnlnrheri
18 with e'few XJiMa, Aah», Aimeniam, and Jewv»
19 Hiere are many gardens and orcdiarda round Candahar, and inenj
20 pieces of wx>r8hip, where die inhabitants' make parties more for plei^
21 •ore than devotion. Thmr way of life is that of the other inhdbteanti
22 .of towns, which has already been explained.
23 Shoraubuk, the country inhabited by the tribe of Baraich, is situated
24 betwoon the Doorannee lands on the north, and the mountains be-
25 longing to the BralifTee BelocJies on the south; the rancc of Klioieh
26 Amraun (there called Roghauncc and Speentaizeh), separates it iirora
27 Pisheen on the east ; and the rrrent sandy desart extends round all its
28 western frontier. T]\e souf 1 1- western part is inhabited l)v Hind
29 Beloches, to whom ivosiiky, forty or fifly miles tirom Jbhoraubuk,
30 bek)ngs.
31 It IB cot by the rtrer Loca, near which are some trees and bushes,
32 bnt iheieitia* bve plain of hard day, quite. flat».^ and verjariA
33 The whole coontiy ta about tSxty miles aqnaie. Die mniber-of Jn-
34 habitanta ia tmo tlumMnd five hnndred; or three tliouMnid fieniliea.
35 Th^ are di^ded mto four cUns, under four Khaons, wiio have greet
36 Digitized by Googl^
37 i