1 BULKH.
2 ' The VMkt of Bnlklw yfbB in all other dwnmUmcet wmmMci
3 thote beyond the (hm, di£Eer in this partieular* th«t they iff iriuiiii
4 bkd m Ir&tt under {lowef&l diie&. Ttkt pecnllirity k prabeUy
5 bccMioned by their being sepecated by mounteine fimn tfae.kingdoin
6 of Caubo]* to which they belong, and £rou their bordering on the
7 rhral stste of Bokhauia ; which dicumetanceft ooodHned have pre-
8 vented any encroachment by their own •oreragn <Mi the rights of the
9 k>cal chie& : the people, however, are as subservient as elsewhere.
10 Tlif^ T^zbcks are fjcnerally short and stout men. Their national
11 features are broad foreheads, high cheek-bones, thin beards and
12 •mall eyes. Tlieir complexion is dear and ruddy, their hair is gene-
13 rally black. '11 1 e beauty of the Toorks is constantly .spoken of by
14 Persian poets, and though that quality does not strike us in their
15 a|)|)t i i Liiice, yet they must be allowed to possess it, when eonipaicd
16 witli tlie hideous physiognomy of some of the other Tartars, whose
17 Vang narrow eyes pointing upwards, tt^ether with the blackneu of
18 theb oomplasion, ff^ns them an appearance icarodiy btnnaiu
19 llieir drees ia a dfadit and trowBen of cotton, a cpat or tunio (called
20 diuppaun) of nUken or wooUendotfartied on widi a girdle} md over
21 it a girnn of wodDen' cfoth* poateen >or £e^ $ .aome wear in-, winter •
22 liUle cap of broad doth* lined with lur, sittiog doae to tfaehM4.*end
23 others a pointed silken c^, called a calpapk* tUmaei but the national
24 head-dress ia a large white turban worn in genetal o?er. a calpaulu
25 All wear boots at all hours ; the poor. have the same description as
26 that used in Caubul, but those in eeny drcun^vtances have a kind
27 called rauhusee, for const^mt use, and only put on the others in
28 winter or on journeys. The muhusee is of" tliia and light shagreen
29 leather, without heels or soles, so that tiie wearer is obliged to put
30 on shoes when he ctih s out. All wear bandages round their legs
31 instead oi btcKkinn^N. :ind every man has a kuiie iiaiigii^ ivQiXL hifl
32 girdle, and a hmt and steel lor striking fire.*
33 • Tfir plate represents t1i<' dress of the Uzbeks near towns. The fiice ;ini! fit/iirr is a
34 good likeoew ot' Maboauuied Uuflsim, a native of Wuidaiuizje near fiokhauta, wluwe
35 Digitized by Ct)C)gle