1 ' ^ . CAUKBRa
2 • . Tim iiHiigW mt btel il ww tnlamg Ukuammtim ; ihey ■omedmes
3 Vriftt their disputes to an umpiret but oftener to the arbitration of di^
4 iirord. EveA within the viUigeb Ihe Mooshk exercifles bat littie
5 MnO^: he would call a Jeirga to settle sdiipBte which haftpaidl
6 iMfV- him> but at » little diiUnce thmgi '«» left to tdie didr
7 ix>ttise.
8 The other divisions of the Caukers probably resemble those of
9 Cunchoghyfe or Boree, as the}' arc nearest the east or west ; but in
10 the central parts of fhc country, they are much ruder than eithf>r.
11 There, they wear a short tlfwe jacket, and breeches of felt in wm(( r,
12 and in «iuniiiiei naked from the middle upwards. Tliis would not
13 ho reckoiied exlraordinarv in India, but, as it is contrary to the
14 notions ui dectjncy entertained by the Afghauns, it must among
15 dicm be regarded as a proof of a great want of civilization.
16 la some places, the Caukers are said to live in caves, like the
17 Khyberees, but even th^e they are entirely destitute of the pre«
18 datory spirit of the tabt^ which they raiemble m. th» widencss of
19 their hebhwdonlb Ir Aottpicis, Ike AejfiiBiaa,*^'^^ me^ matk
20 anmeKNifl then the hnabmdnieiit ere acirfAfliedl in' lifede camps, .M.m
21 the weit, hut m Zhdbe they areeeid to ewriehln in eienpa* iai;ge
22 enough to be described as towns of tents. Thoe Uie^ aie abo miA
23 to keep elniott ai nanjr'OKfla ae dheep, and^ if ib, they taiiiMttuitj
24 jnf^^w^ ^ mtfa^t^f^ h«r4ftw<fi ^ .A^i^ffmiffifnm, Oft die wimUi
25 llw greater part of the Gnlher ooiinti^ ia flBOontauioiti and unftftilet
26 mm! inhahitaBti are duplivday rode in ihnt niannetat jgn<w
27 iwl of die M of liie I hot OBipk^ peMUcb and 1^
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