1 THERAZAUUHS.
2 48S
3 equally imlavourabie to husbandry ; whf»t little jrrain can bo sown in
4 the narrow valleys and reaped beibre the conclusion of the short sum-
5 mer, contributes to the auppoit of the slender population ; but the
6 flesh of sheep, oxen, and horses, with cheese said other productions
7 of their flocks, are more important articles of their food.
8 The Hazaurehs live in thutched houses, lialf sunk in the slopes of
9 the hills. The Plate (N" XXL *) shows the dim of the meo, which is
10 diitiligiiUMd hy Uw idkof doth whidi iMj-tmA ^NOaS:- their Ugt
11 ^tbeUabeka.' l%e wonm «ew long finockt of itfVK)Oea
12 hoatB'Oi toft dBar-flkin, wbioh raaoli to>tlMir Imete Thdr cap dift
13 idoftHo diflir head* and « tlq[r«f doth haogs dowii'fioin it behind m
14 &r as their middleu Both mm and wonea stiODg iWar laa-
15 fearest twit arc. bloater and .pfamtpar thatt-ifaew mi^A>Bnfa»""The
16 iramen are oftan hsndaoniB» and, what is')BiU{irising in a tribe so
17 naatlysavi^ theyhave/an asooulBiicy unexampled in the neigb-
18 boarttog countries, ^^e wife managea che: house, takes care of the
19 property, does her share of- the honors, aad is, very much ocmsulted
20 in all her husband s measures. Women are never beaten, and they
21 have no conct^lment. It is universally ni^reed that they are by no
22 ra^UN remarkable Ibr chaiitity, but 1 have heard different accounts of
23 their libertinism. In the nortl^-east. which h the most civilized part
24 of the country, the wonieti would prostitute themselves - ib^ money,
25 while their husbands were out of the way ; but the men, though not
26 jealous, would probably put a detected iidultress to Jeatli. In other
27 parts of the country, there prevails a custom called Kooroo Bistaun,
28 by which the haifaeiid landa his wife'totfae emfaiaoeB c£ his gueM6 f.
29 ilAjt-all titneiy if ahosbaBd of that ^pazt of the ommtiy findi.'aftaiff of
30 atippen at his wiie*s door, he immediately withdraws. Both sexes
31 * lib* good fiknMMcf'KiTCMm « Huaimh tmoBJWmytatnBgf but lik Ikeo wm
32 metB cheerful aiid {jocKl-huinourctt.
33 f ift Mofl^ul : one of the laws of the Xasa forbid* adiUtery. The inhabitants of
34 tidaier appfidl Ar Mud iMdred an esnniptioiii on abooiupl of dulr old utMf^a of lending
35 llMirwiffwtoihsirgMrtib • '