1 geoaaiXy live in tolerable hannoiiy, and have their meetings and
2 amiuements lite the Dooraimees, imdisturbed by the constant alarm, -
3 and almost as constant fVnvs of tlie Eusofzyes. Thev are verv hos-
4 pitable, and have a regular offii ei whose duty it is to receive and
5 provide for guests at the oxjionce ol the villa<?('. Instead of tho Per-
6 sian cubba of the 1 )ooraiinr'es, or the original * cameess ot the
7 Afghauns, (w}iu li is here oalv worn by old men,) the generality wear
8 the Indian tiress oi white cotton, which has been described
9 ai, worn by the inhabitants of DaniauTi, to whom these Ghiljies bear
10 some resemblance in their appearance and manners. Their dres* is
11 also distinguished from that of the tribes farther west, by the use of
12 wliitiB tpibmi wUdh diejr wear in the maiinef leprasiBBteil in Vwb^
13 UL They also wear • cap like that of die Dowaunees but modi
14 Wffiier* ■ "
15 ThtSt anna- are the same as tiiofe of llie Dobranncea; with ih»
16 addition of a shield of MUde'a Bide* inr, wlien it en lie pvocnied*
17 oCtlie akin of a ihinooenM*
18 ' Moat meii hare a «tn|ie ahaved in the middle ef their hands, like
19 tfaeDoorauneea; botthoaewhoaetnpibrproleaaedduimpionsletall
20 their liair grow : it is eostomary with each of those, when he is jiiit
21 about to cloae with the enemy, todrophia cap» and ratherto give up
22 his life than retreat beyond the spot where it has fallen.
23 I have mentioned that ^e Kalunder Khail are almost all husbttod^
24 men : there are, however, five or six families of shepherds among
25 them, who, like the other numerous shepherds of Kuttawauz, leave
26 their frozen plains durinfr part of the ve^r, for the low and sheltered
27 country among the intniutains (in the banks of the Cxomul. Wauneh
28 in particular, is a fkvourite retreat, and the small number of its
29 owners, the JJumtaunees, alike prevents their resisting this invasion
30 of their property, and their suffering liy sucli an addition to their
31 populadtMi. It is generally thouj^t that men often quit the life of
32 The large loose shirt.
33 8 L d
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