1 EXAMPLE OF THE KALimDSR KHAIL.
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3 •actions. Their connection wit^i the Kincr, however, makes a difference
4 between their situation and lh;it oi thf Eiisofzves, and in consequence
5 each chief has power over the whole ot his clan, in all matters con-
6 nected with the furnislujig of troops to tlie King, or the payment of
7 the royal revenue. This limited authoi iiy preserves some connection
8 between the diifcrent subdivisions under one Kliaun, and often delays
9 the breaking up of a dan, after it has i^tained the number which
10 iiiliiMlJy reqiMKM ■tyniteduaft. It»cfaimiigliowgMit«diflhreiiGe
11 the'diwnniftmcM I ham been ttating mint make in the livies 'of the
12 Gfailfiee and Doomniiee% but lliis will be mm evident fiom e
13 deeoiption of a viUiig^ of the soodiem Snlimawn KhuL
14 The Eahmder Ehail live in Knttawans, about thirty-miles to the
15 •ontfa of Ghuaneeb' They an abnost all huabandme^p^ and* abaiioe
16 keep any ed£ie, thoae'iMed m lyicnltnie being genefally hiiedfixira*
17 peatotal hoidei»' who pais the spring and summer in KuttsnranaC
18 Their oooutry is not ridi, itonly piodnoeB grain nhere there ape
19 Gshteopesi' and yidds but one harvest in the year: it will not bear
20 wheat two years on the same groundt and even with the peoper-suc-
21 oessioD of crops, it requires manure. The climate is very' ciAd.
22 Their village contains about 100 families: some Humsauyahs assist
23 in the cultivation of their fields, but reside in a village at some
24 distance. 'Iheir wood ami iron work is performed by travelling
25 artisans.
26 Their Jntul is their own property ; or if they have the fiction of a
27 lleodal tenure from the KiriL', il does not affect their rights, either in
28 reality or in form : every man disposes of his land :is he pleases, and
29 at death it is divided amon<T his children. Small aa it is, their
30 village is an independent republic it it* indeed in the ShumnmLzye
31 division of the clan of Solimaun Kluul, and the Khaun of that divi-
32 sion collects the King*s dues ; but he interferes in nothing else, snd
33 were it notfiv his employment under the royal govenmient, aH con-
34 nection between him and his diTifion would long since hme ceased.
35 The village is dhkled mto two Mohulles, or quarters, under two
36 diteA, Mofvud and TjratuUub^ Morand Is the head of the wfadte
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