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2 CAOTIEISTAUM.
3 (Anuoub
4 expcnm ftuting, ate the age of uiMiliood. Ilie hoooniy dist&iotkMis &
5 the dM of the olen iriU b« mantMnfid heiMte.
6 The houses of the Cauiirs are often of wood, and they have generally cel-
7 lars where they keep their cheeses, clarified butter, wine, and vinegar. In
8 every house there is a wooden bencfi rixed to the wall with a low back to it.
9 There are alan stooJs shaped like drums, but smaller in the middle thau at
10 the.flitdfl^ and taUes of ^ nme Mut, but larger. Hie Gaufirs, partly Seom
11 their dn» and partly fitm habit, cannot ait like the other AaiatioB j and if
12 iRMPoed to sit down on the ground, stretch out their lep like European!. Thef
13 have also bedsmadeof wood and tboogB of neat's leather-: the stools ane made
14 of wicker work.
15 Their food is chiefly Hieese, butter, and iiiiik, with bread or a sort ot suet
16 pudding. 1 iiey also eat llesh (which they like irnli raw) } and the iruits they
17 hevf, inlnuts, grapes, apples, almonds, and a sort of indiflbnmt apiioot thiA
18 groVra wild. They wash their hands before eatings and generally begin by
19 iome kind of grace. They all, of both sexes, drink wine to great excess :
20 they have three kinds, red, white, and dark coloured, besides a sort of the
21 consistence of a jelly, and very strong. They drink wit>e, both pure and
22 diluted, out of large silver cupn, wliich axe the most preuous of their
23 possearions. ' They drink during their meals, and are elevatodt but not made
24 quarrebom^ by this .indulgence. They are exceedingly hotfiitables the
25 people of a vill^ come out to meet a etnmger, take his baggage fh>m those
26 who are carrying it, and conduct him with many welcomes into their village^
27 When there, he must visit every person of note, and at each house he is
28 pres-sed to eat and drink. The Cautirs nave a great deal of idle time ; they
29 hunt a little, but not so much as the Afghaun^ : their iavounte amujicmeut is
30 dancing. Their dances are generally rapid, and they uaemauy gesticidatiOQab
31 faishur ihftr dumlden. tht^Vftf thor h«>*<^*- muI flmnyStMiig rimir t** «»i^-»w—
32 AH sexes and ages dance. Tliey sometimes form a circle of men and women
33 alternately, who move round the musicians for some time With joil^d handle
34 then all spnng tonvard and mix together in a dance.
35 They dance with great vehemence, and beat the ground witli muclt force.
36 Their oniy instmments ate « tabwand pipe* but the dancers often accom-
37 pany them with the voice* Tlieir music is generally quid^ but varied and
38 wild.
39 One of their characteristic features is their constant war with the Mussul>
40 mans, whom they hold in detestation. The Mussulmans indeed frequently
41 invade their territories in small parties to cany ott' slaves^ and once or twice
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