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3 have undertaken more important expeditions agaioat them. About thirty
4 jeM ago^ liiere ym a gMMnl cnwide (if I imy be «]bw«d tiie expression)
5 igaimfc them. The JOumii of BuduUiibiuii, one lit leaafc «f die •fi^
6 KandilGMilV the ftmdabah of Cooner, the Beoaof Bajour» and several Euso^
7 zye Khauns, confcderntpd on this occasion, and met in the heart of" the Cau*
8 fir country; but notwithstanding this success, tliey were unable to keep their
9 ground, and were forced to evacuate the couutry, ailer suffering considerable
10 losses. The arms of the Caufirs are a bow about four feet and a half long,
11 irith e leather atriag* andUgfatanonsof raeda nith baibed heada» which thef
12 waMtiiiua poiion. They wear alao a dagger of a peculiar ahape <m tiie t^jh^
13 nde, and a sharp knife on the left, with which ihejr generally carry a flint
14 and some bark of a particular kind, which makes excellent tinder. They have
15 also begun to learn the use of fire anus and sworda .&om their Afghaun
16 neighb<)urs. ■
17 Hiey sometimes go openly to attack their enemies, but their commonest
18 mode is by aarpnnls and ambmhwi, and they expoae Aemadvea te Ae mom
19 miifiirtiiiieB by neglecting to keep watdi by mfjjtiL They often undertake
20 imMte and diiBctdt expeditioQi^ for which they are well suited, being natU'
21 laUj light and active : when pursiKd, they unbend their bow, uu! using it as
22 ■A Tenpins' pole, make 55wrprising bounds from rock to rock. MooUali Nujeeb
23 saw tile men of Caumdaish march out ap^ainst another tribe. The rich wore
24 their best clothes, and some put on black fillets ornamented with cowry
25 shells, one Ibr every Mnawilman whom the wearer had killed. They sung a
26 war-eongaa they marched awa^> in which were ^ wovda deria ki, Ckent hi,
27 Mdiradk, and he learned that when they had succeeded in eeming on an
28 enemy unprepared, they set 19 a hmd whiatlev and amg a vmg, of which the
29 chonif? is Uahro 00 Ushro : on such occasions they put every soul to death.
30 But their chief glory is to slay the Mussulmans : a young Caufir is deprived
31 of various privil^s till he has performed this exploit, and numerous distmc
32 tions are contrived to atimolate him to repeat it aa often as may be in his
33 power. Tn diA aalemn dmcaa on fariiwl af WumtiiiiMuit, — fh tM« iff^Tt
34 a MMtt <tf tiirban in which ia aluck a Imig Aether Ibr every Muanhnan he haa
35 killed : the number of bcOa he wears round his waistx>n that occasion is regiK
36 lated by the same rritenon, and it is not allowed to a Caufir who haa not
37 killed hi'; m;ui to flourish his axe above his head in the dance. Those who
38 L slaiu iVlussulmans are visited and coDgratulated by their acqnaintances,
39 and liave ailerwards a right to wear a little red wooUen cap (ui latiier a kind
40 of 4iocfcade) tied on the faead^ and thoae w^ have kifl«d oiany may erect a
41 4Xr a