1 ^ ARMS AND EQUIPMENTS.
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3 'lUwe gMendly pIbMI^ m lutrtt « lev of tbe aniilmm neiu fHiiiMi
4 were formbtlj ift M among HiMfef bat «e mnr dSiooptiiinBAi*
5 The DootBimees !aev«r as infantiy.
6 Tile Gholmme are ttttied miich in tlie ame wi^» bni have mote
7 firelocks and speari.
8 The Ghiljies use theaaine anna u the Ddonnmemj with iJie addi-
9 ti<Mi a small shield.
10 The eastern A%faaiuu wear Hindooetaunee swords, ahiehlsy lea-
11 • The fbUowing tkacriptiao uf their troopi u by Lieutenant Macartney who wai> Jiiin-
12 •df a oivahyoffioer. He u apeakii^ of tbe I'()piil/yi'>.
13 " Tlu'ir arms •irid rln-^s :ir(> '111 Clinic as the otJii I 1)<j< rnn"'^'', <^f>r<ls tlaf^<;t'r?i, liattle-
14 axes, short inatdiilucki>» and some with iodu (hreiuckoj not l(»uger than a carabine bqt
15 ** ^flAk *\Kfgm hon, mA tiAmlum ht^^^ TlMyabocHfiy
16 " long hone pistols, but few of them carry speant. Tlif v getnTiiIly carry tliclr arms under
17 « their clogha, or great cloak. Hieir drm ia a {tyrahun, or lon^ shirt, ovir it ,i knba,
18 '* generally ma^sor Mt or dritti^ vftli % kaanwr famd of duwlMr loongt-e, und uver all
19 » « doghti, or great cloak, which hangs loose over their dioulders and reaches mmilj
20 ** to the anklu. Tlu-ir hrad dross is generally u shawl or loongec put on in tlic flirm of a
21 ** turban over a cap. 'i'hcy wear boots of the Hussar form made of deer skin. They are
22 ** generally cavalry, and aienonnlisd on naaU hanBtmUmn wtawHng fautfwn, orfewr-
23 teen and an inch high, but retnarkubly hardy and uclive, and perform some wtHulerlU
24 M kuig marches i but as they are in the habit of turning their horses loose into the cultiva-
25 ** tvlierever they go, they hare nc« much trouble after reaching their ground. They
26 ** xae aoMe bridles. Tbdr saddles are of wood, very and the seat is covered with
27 •* velvet, stu£M with cotton. They have a khogcer {a sort of pad) made gtrierallv of
28 <* nummud (feltX under the saddle ; some of tlie chiefs have very expmsuvc ones. They
29 ** appear &r raperiortothelMnenieii of HindcMtiii, bat Iwve not Mgood mnigaaMttt
30 *' of their liorses, and might not be equal to tltein single-handed ; but thqr must change
31 ** with much greater velocity, their horse* not being checked by martingales or bits, and
32 ** consequently they would have the «dwiti|gB in « body. They appear to understand
33 *' diarging ill line^ and go with great apead. I never ttm diem ohai;ge fat double liii%
34 bnt the troops which met the embassy as nn <<«roH, marched indivisians, and kept their
35 *i regular wheeling distance. I did not sec them whocl into Une^ but they increased and
36 <* dtmhriihwi their fiont, and bIw iSnned line to Ae fimit, and lupt Aeir flei date and
37 " regular, but there is no disci]iliiie kept up among tliem. Tliis party of course were
38 *' piclced men and boncsj and must have received particulau- instructions to march in
39 ** regular erder with the embaasy* bet in general they appear just as irregular as die
40 ** armiea of Hmdostan. Thiy are small men, but stout and active. I have seen them gt»
41 ** at speed o VP r nicf^rK! rorkv n^ountains, where if die hone faeppnod to indkoBttwil^p
42 ^* they would probably be diuiiixi to pieces."
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