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2 rmich trom the- Beioches. They were lai <.'(\ and liouy men, with lortf^ ■
3 coarse hair, loose turbans, and sheep-skin cloaks : plain, and rough,
4 but pleasing In their manners. We Imd often groupes of horsemen
5 round our camp, who came from a distance to In ik sit ns, andvisitofs
6 who were prompt^ b) curiosity to court our iuxjuauiLaucti.
7 'JTlierc were several hordes of wandering shepherdii encamped in
8 dilierent parts of the vant plain wli^e we ware.' We went on the
9 day after'4mr irrivftl to examine one, wbifih li^nged to> <3ie Khaio-
10 tees, the ioiktt of all tSie pasCbcal tfibea. We tad» about tan mOes
11 to tliis ouapf'em i p^aiar of bard mad> like part of die- deaait, !biit
12 covaced with boabes of jannd and kiiiieel» and evidently iich» though
13 neglected. Onoiirway,weaanviomeA^iadnAfl|»hetda,diitingabeid
14 of ^K>ut fifty cameb, towards Dei»! one <^ <Jie oamda 'Wtt 'pure
15 whiter with bine eyea*.* "Die A^iauna apoke no Berriaii^ nor Huh
16 doostanee. Hiey were very ciyil \ stopped the white camel till w«b
17 had examined it,and shewed us their swords, 'which we were desirous
18 to look at, because the hilts differed from those both of Pei^ia and
19 India : they were most like those of the latter country, but neater.
20 At last, after a ride of ten miles, we reached the camp. It was pitdl-
21 ed in n circle, and the tents were coarse brown blankets, each sup-
22 port id by two little poles, placed upright, and one laid across for a
23 ridge pole. The walls wore made of dry thorn. Our appearance
24 excited some surprise ; and one man, who appeared to have heeii in
25 India, addressed me in a kind of Hindoostanee, and asked what
26 brought us there? whether we were not contented wiili our own pos-
27 sessions, Cawnpore, and Luckntjw, aiul ail those fine places ? I said,
28 we came as £riends, and were going to the King. After this we soon
29 gat intmiate i and, by d^rees, we were aunounded by people Btom
30 the camp. . The number of chikben was incredible ; they
31 ly ftir, and haadsomew The-girls, I psaticulaily'obaerved, had aquW
32 * Tr was aft«rwar bought by a gentleman of tha llliMial^ vko gVW H smij in Ibdllll
33 •Did it ia nt^Vj I nnderrtand, exhibited in Loadon.
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