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2 INTRODUCTION.
3 the benefil of charity famnortaly or ienund. vs that what wm little to
4 OS was ft grert dHl ta him. • ' . . -
5 It aometimet happened^ 'that we were ^leflflfied hy a boy ficm a
6 window ; .and 'hia thoot of Ooph Teringee. would bring a& the women
7 and chiUnn in the hooae to aliBfe at na till we were out of sight.'
8 , The loada In the cotm£ry were addom very fidl of people thoun^
9 they were ' soraettfl&es .enliTaied by a groiipe of hocaemen going out
10 to feiage, 'and listening to a Pknhtoo or Benian sisng* which waa
11 ohouted by one of tlieir companions. It was common in the conaiiy
12 to meet a man of the lower order with a hawk on his fist, and a poin-
13 ter at his heels ; and we frequently saw fowlers catching quails among
14 the wheat, after the harAest was far enough advanced. A net was
15 fastene<l at one corner of the field, two men held each an end of.a
16 rope stretched across the opposite comer, and dragged it forward, so
17 as to shake all the wheat, and drive the (juaiis before it into the net,
18 which was dropped as stion as they entered. The numbers caught in
19 this manner axe almost incredible. * ,
20 • Nothing cotdd exceed the civility of the country ])eople. We were
21 often invited into gardens, and we were welcomed in every village by
22 almost every man that saw us. They frequently entreated tlie gen-
23 tlemen of the embassy to allow diem the honour of being their hdrta;
24 and, sometimes would kj hold of their bridles, and not pennit them
25 to pass' tiH diey had pramised to breakfiut wilih'tfaem.on some fiitdie
26 dsy, and ewoi oonfirmed the promise^ by putting their hands bebraan
27 theint*
28 • The passkm of all the Afphatuis for hunting and hawking is prodigious. The King,
29 himself cometiines went out Iiawkiug, in tlie disguise ot' a common AFghaun, widi a ioicon
30 OA Idi ilst, Hid scoonipMiisd \tfotitf one attwHiiit.
31 f The fbUoni^gMSfioeBt of mi «ltertaininent of this sort, which was accepted, afipeaxad
32 iltth<" Cnlnittn newspajxi-rs, and iseridenth' written by some gentleman of the mission.
33 *• i he ajjpoujloi day having arrived, we went to the village, in conformity with our en-
34 <«^i^;allalt, and wisM received most
35 ** gro^^ mulberry tree*, skirted on one side by a TOiming stream. Couches, spread with
36 I* cool flutsi were laid out Six v^iin i^icb aumbeni that they formed a huq^e ciicl^ vithio
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