1 THE EIMAnK& 481
2 The Eimauks live almost entbelj in emmpBf which they call Oard
3 or Orde *. Each of these it govemed bj a Cudkhooda, who acta .
4 ander the orders of the Kharni.
5 Their tents are almost universally of the kind called Kirgah, which
6 is used by the Tartars ; but the Teimoorees, one of the Eimauks,
7 prefer the black tent of the Af^jhaims. All the Ilini;iuks keep many
8 sheep, and they rear a small but active antl luud_y breed horses, ot
9 which many are exported to foreign countries. The few villages in
10 their country are inhabited by Taujiks.
11 An idea of the appearance of the Eimauks may be formed Gttm
12 the Hate (XI)» wfaidi u a good likcpeao of m man of Ihm Tymnnoa
13 tribes bvt I bm aeen otJienveij tallandatoiit» and aome with thidc
14 baarda.' T Immm> htmwA tw fly afipiinf antio of tha ^'^m
15 afiproacliea to'that of the Fenriaoii though alwagn dittinguiahed hf
16 the pecidiar ftatnraa of tfae.TMt8r nca. llieb drapa ia alio rapcftr
17 lented in' ^ plated butdMir hoad-dfieas ia oftaner a cap of black
18 lamboikin than a tmfMOi.
19 ' Their food is the some with that of the AQ^mu? except that tli0^
20 eat horse-flesh, and that the whole of them make their bread of the
21 floor 0^ an caify aort of mil called Khunjick* mixed with diafe of
22 wheat.
23 In all respects not mentioned, they resemble the Ai^faaniis in th^
24 manners ; hut the despotic {mvernment makes them in general more
25 quiet and orderly. In tlu ir wars, where tliey are released from this
26 restraint, they shew a degree ot lerocity never heard of among the
27 Afj^hauns. I have authentic accounts of their throwmg their pri..
28 sonors from precipices and shooting them to death witli arrows f ;
29 and on an occasion at which a >iooree with whom 1 have coTivcr.sed
30 assisted, they actually drank the warm blood of their victims, and
31 robbed it oy&t theur hces and beards.
32 * Thia k derived fioii tbB TuiJ(«h wtd Ooidof^ a cnqp «r um^ Unpi «Aidi
33 wfuaieioxmed horde.
34 t Tlui greatly rwwnblo lib» Mogbiil tnatgieait of pftMom vidar dwv MmyMwab
35 8 II
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