Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages . ly marked, thecomplexion is almostas dark as that of theHindus, the nose isbroad and flat, theforehead low. Thehair and beard areabundant and coarse;the hands and feet,large and heavy, inwhich feature theyare strongly discrim-inated from the Ar-yans of India, whoseextremities are fine,even to delicacy. The Beluchs havepreserved in theircharacter, and evencultivated, the ele-ment of cruelty andbarbarous outragewhich we have noted


Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pages . ly marked, thecomplexion is almostas dark as that of theHindus, the nose isbroad and flat, theforehead low. Thehair and beard areabundant and coarse;the hands and feet,large and heavy, inwhich feature theyare strongly discrim-inated from the Ar-yans of India, whoseextremities are fine,even to delicacy. The Beluchs havepreserved in theircharacter, and evencultivated, the ele-ment of cruelty andbarbarous outragewhich we have notedas peculiar to the OldIranians. Their so-cial life is markedwith many strange customs. They re-Sociaicustoms; gard hospitality as the industrial pur- „ • • , . suits and dissi- pnmc Virtue. A strangerpations. calling at their huts is sure to be entertained as a guest, fed andlodged with all the care which the family are able to afford; but no sooner has heleft the protection afforded by this tradi-tional fiction of the East than he isattacked and robbed, or even all industrial pursuits the Beluchsare indolent and unenterprising, but no :^1^^\m. WOMENby Adriel OF CHIRAZ—TYPES AND COSTUMES,n Marie, from a photograph by Madame Dieulafoy. sooner is war announced than all thelatent energies of the race are excited tofierce action. In times of peace they aredissipated, giving their whole time togambling, smoking tobacco or Indianhemp-seed, and chewing opium. The in- 638 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. terdict of Islam keeps tlietn from the useof spirituous liquors. They are voraciousin appetite, devouring immense quanti-ties of flesh, half raw, and filling them-selves with other crude articles of season their victuals with capsi-cum, onions, garlic, and other strongand stimulating flavors, until one unac-customed to such fiery condiments couldm no wise swallow the burning mass. r a method derived from the Levitical law,as modified by the practice of ol


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