1 014 MIt SXmOSrs NASBATIVB. Uaumo.
2 ** all otiiers as misled, or erroueous, hoping, ou account of the superior truth
3 ** tbanof. to moquUl all m the m^. Though they fight cm mother, being
4 "SooniieeMahoiinnml— (ui ooaftnnQr inth tlieltehi»Mid TvtMi, and
5 •* Arabs, balding the Fermos es misled), they refrain from such decrees of
6 ** animosity as might ur^e thetn to their own destruction or extirpation. That
7 " tli»-^y hold their rolif^ion to hp the best, is undoubtedly "ot their fault, they
8 " being strictly initiated to imagine so: however, the spirit ot toleration, owing
9 ** to philantliropy, does not a little actuiite them, tliough at hrst they might
10 ^.wiik to MaliaiiidMdaBiM ell men} Ibr neny of them an certainly free,
11 "Itbetalieiidtolecatiqgk TbelikMni &o. ff Hindottaii, ivl^
12 ^ QOiiiitriei»di» not 6il in their endeavvNin to make them bdieroftlae and ti^
13 ** credible representaUons, and they are weak enough to give a good deal of
14 credit to them. They hold the people of Bengal as perfect tnagicians, and
15 " the Europeans (whom tiicy rtu k on as w i^q, inteUigent, and equitable) as per-
16 ** feci chemiats, well versed m the art ol making gold. As- 1 told them often
17 «* I came ftodi Bengal, they tWMiMedand quertiooed me much, imagining that
18 ^ I muit necemiilj be acqudntod wkHkt muxy andk atti ) benefer, npeatmg
19 •* the Mahnmfidaa creed, inr cnliaa, though my clothes were tom, sod they
20 ** often took flto to be something of the misled, as I poi^med not Namaniv
21 " &c. yet thev were Rutisficd with respect to my being a Mahomedan, not prc-
22 «<-suming to trouble or interrogate beyond moderation. Hindoo or Mnhom-
23 ■* medan travellers pass saiely through their countries, receiving victuals from
24 <<tii«ai 1iiifctl«y caDiwtpamat dliritiiai^tiui^vd as there exists ~
25 « BO diiri|ilitie or.iegtilanty of gnmmenit aaaoog -Hmj often de>
26 «< dared Aat when the govennnent had eadsled th»^ pvople m%lit
27 «• iHve carried gold openly, without ap{neheodoa or danger, through the
28 •« routes of the cities. The government now is in the Afghaunee hnrtds, they
29 . " litin^ all A%hauns of different trihe«, the Dooraune«{ being the m<^
30 • ** powertui^ upon emergencies of goodlucit, the otiiers wilhngly attend, being
31 "ao diflwmhwtnd, ftr men of die different tribea attimding the victorious
32 it ahab^ or Surdaia, aie 80 called, tliey beingaU Soonnee A%|iatt^
33 ^lann. Avefygnntpertof thepeopleof tlie eitieg, being jhopAeaper^
34 " artificen^ and ench hke, are not Afghauns, but spring ftt>m other originabi
35 " At Peshour a va-^t nmiibLM oi Mahomedtos talk a kind of Himlostaiinee
36 •* l;iiii^uan;c, and dress, t^c. diderently from the A^hauns, tlioni:!! tIu'v c;pne-
37 ** rally understand more or leas of Pushtoo. The greatest part ot tiie shops
38 wehddby Hindoo^abo there are many Sheeah orgeieewnm dotli merchants.
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