1 Mt BUDDKHBHAUlf. rAnms.
2 high pole before Uieir doors, in wluch axe iiuiei to receive a pm for every
3 MuMulntio th« omwr haa killed, and a nag fat every ona lia Ini voaiuled.
4 WKJi mdi floooangement to Idll tham, it k not likaly tiw Crailn mmld
5 often maka Mussulmans prinmait; audi caaas have happened M^ian Aa
6 Caufin were defending their own village, and they then made a feaat niA
7 great triumph, and put the unfortunata priaooer to death in much forai) or
8 perhaps sacrificed turn to their idols.
9 They» however, soinetiuies have peace or U uce with Mussulmans. Their
10 way of atriking a league it aa atnnge aa their mode <£ war. Tiwy k3l a
11 goat and draia the haart* bite off hal^ and give tiie feat to tiie Hoiaulauaii
12 the parties then gently bite eadi about tiie lagion of the baact, and ^
13 treaty is concluded.
14 Though exasperated to such fiiry by the persecutions of the Mahomedans,
15 the Caufirs are in general a harmless, affectionate, and kind-hearted peupie.
16 Though passionate they are easily appeased : they are merry, playiUI, fond
17 of laughter, and altogetiier of a aociable and jojona disposition. Even to
18 MuMulmani, they are bind when they admit them aa guaat% and tbongb
19 Hoollab' Nujeeb was once obliged to be kept by the other GMifiiib out «f
20 the way of a drunken man of their nation, he was never threatened or
21 affironted oa account of hia reiigioa by aoy man in possesaaon of hia
22 &culties.
23 Budukhshaun* though an extensive country, seems to be but one great
24 vtSkf nmning up fiom tibe province of Bulkh to Bekxit T^uigb behl^en
25 die bighiaiidt oonneoted with the Funere and the lange of Hindoo Cooab.
26 The nearest parts of Hmdoo Oooah and Beloot Taugh are inhabited by
27 Caufirs, whose tcrritorj' conse<juent!y bounds Biuliikhshann on the south
28 and east, dividing it from tlie Alghauns, and tlic Cobis of Kaiishkaur; on
29 the west are the independent Uzbeks of Koondooz, Taulikaun and Ui^aur,
30 and on the north, the Kir^uzaaa of Fkmeie and the Taujiks of Shoaghnaun*
31 Derwans and Wnkheeba.
32 Ulieae countries are exceediiifi^y nMmntainoua» and are bounded co Ae
33 north by a sinMlar country called Kurrategeen also inhabited by Taujiks,
34 and extending to Kokun or Ferghauna. The King of Derwnuz dainis
35 descent irom Alexander the Great, and his pretensions are admitted by all
36 his neighbours.
37 The Oxua riaes in the north«east of Budukhshaun, flows wiAhi its
38 nortliem border^ and afterwarda aqparataa it from Hiasaur. The interior of
39 Biidukihann ia watered by the.Eoodia, wbidi joina the Oeob, It is a
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