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2 cap on the ground when he enters the house, then draws his dagger, and
3 weMag the heads of the afflicted twraon, mekee hSm rae and jdn Utn in
4 dancing for some time about the room.
5 I can give but little accoant of the government of the Caufirs. It il Itiu
6 certain whether tliere are any acknowledged magistrates ; if there are, they
7 have very little power, every thing being done by consultations among the
8 rich men. They seem to practise retaliation like the AfghauuH, and I know
9 of no other administration of justice. They have no titles of their own, but
10 they have bonowed that of Khaun from the Afghauna Ibr Hietr ridi men.
11 nidr proper^ chiefly oonnats in cattle and davei j • rich nan at Camndaiah
12 had about eight bundled goats, near three hundred oxen, and ftmSiet
13 of slaves.
14 The v,ho)e dress of the common people among tlie Leaposhe Caufirs, is
15 composed of four goat-skinn, two of which form a ve&t, and two a kind of
16 petticoat. The skins have long hair on the outside. The upper ones do not
17 cover the arms. The whole is ftatened on -witii ft leatiier bdL They gd
18 bare beaded* unless they have killed a Mussulman | and shave their beadii
19 except for a long tuft on the crown and perhaps two curls over the ear&
20 They also pluck out the hair from their upper lip^ cheeks^ and neck;, but wear
21 beards four or five inches long.
22 Those in good circumstances and those near the Afghauns wear a shirt
23 beneath tb«r vest* and in sunutter the diirt Ibtma the whole of llidr dteaii
24 as it always does witii the wonwD. Thi great do not wter goat>akini^ but
25 ooCfeon cloth or black hair ctoth. Some also wear the sort of white blanket
26 woven in tlie neiglibouring country of Kaushkaur. Urn blankets are pat on
27 like Highland plaids, come down to near the knee, and are fastened with a
28 belt. They also wear cotton trowsers, which» as well as their shirts* are
29 worked aU over iRlfalki#eis in red and UackininlBdL fte trdWten ar6 slit
30 at the bottom, so as to make » soit of fiiDge^ ■ Ibey ab» #fiar worsted
31 stockings, or perhaps worsted fllleta ralled round tbab Iq^ ; andthe*arfioif
32 wear half-boots of white goat^Idn. ■
33 The dress of the women differs little from that of the men, but they have
34 their hnir phiti-d and lasieiied on the top of their head, and over it a small
35 cap, round wluch is a little turban. They have also silver ornaments and
36 many cowry abeUs. The virgms wear e red fillet round their heads.
37 Soth sexes have ear-rings, rings round the neck, and bracelets, which are
38 sometimes of silver, but often er of pewter or brass. Hheaeareleft odf duiittg
39 nounuiig} and Uritk the men they are sssumed, with much oefemoiij and
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