1 DlSCIFUNfi AMD MODE OF WAB.
2 tbtr cwirm^ai vutskMu,' and oAoi tpelm > iIm hm cf dw lait
3 nentioiwd wenfioii ii hawmet deidinihfr
4 .Ewh hocMBMP CMfriai piofiaioiM, conwitipg tihMitaid Kootoot,
5 (iraort of bnd diMiBk) cndft krge krthiont bottle of wttea.
6 The in&Btry have generally » •wbrd, a shield, and » iii«tdilodc
7 with a rest Thoarcf the Cohistm of Caubul, who are reckoned Hie
8 best they have, cany a firelock, a pistol, and a ahoft ^aggBTf bat no
9 sward: the Ghiljies near Caubul, tlie Khyberaesy and some oditt
10 tribes, nae« sort of knife about three feet long, instead of a sword.
11 On a march the men of each party generally keep together, bvA
12 on the whole they move with verj' little order ; though there are
13 manv officers whose duty it is to enforce regularitv. They have few
14 catiip followers compared to an Itidian army, and what they have are
15 mostU niounted. The custom of carrying about women and children
16 on service is not practised among them. They have light tents and
17 little baggage,, carried on horses, mules* and oamels. A small basat
18 accompanies the army.
19 The government appears rarely to take any trouble about provid-
20 ing grain, or n^aking preparations of any sort for their armies ; and as
21 the habits of the soldiers adapt themselves to this system, they have
22 less difficulty about supplies than maie legular tioopa.
23 The usual «>^«Jw fiv annies are from twelve to sudden miles.
24 The government sometimes gives grain to the troops, and on very
25 particular occasions it sometimes distributes monqr to puicfaaae pio»
26 visions: In their eastern possesaioosb the inhabitants of wbich bsnre
27 scmcdiingof the submissive cbarader of die Indians, ihe a^hw>
28 tzoopa seise on gnon, fevage^ firewood, and eveiy thing else thej
29 want, widMNit pajing Ibr any thing ; and since the confbsioii in the
30 government these irregularities hsnre seldom or never been punished |
31 but in the whole of tlie country west of the KhjHber pass, thejr are
32 obliged to pay for every artide they require.
33 When their army is in an enemy's country, they send light detad^
34 ments to make incursions (which they call by the Turkish name,
35 Chepawid or Chepow) either against particular places whkh they
36 eiMieftvoui to suxpiise^ or to plunder the open country.
37 3 z