. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. n recruited by stragglers from thevarious ravaging armies and hordes going to and from India. At various times under the control of Persia and Afghanistan, at intervals independent, the Khans of Khelat have been partly induced,. partly compelled, to acknowledge the supremacy of the British f^ . T • Government. Government, to admit a British agent, and not to enter into
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. n recruited by stragglers from thevarious ravaging armies and hordes going to and from India. At various times under the control of Persia and Afghanistan, at intervals independent, the Khans of Khelat have been partly induced,. partly compelled, to acknowledge the supremacy of the British f^ . T • Government. Government, to admit a British agent, and not to enter into negotiations with other States without the consent of the British. Forpreventing plundering by his subjects in or near British territory, andfor protecting merchants, the Khan receives a subsidy. In the late war-in Afghanistan, the Khan rendered the British army substantial aid;and recently the districts of Pishin, Thai, Chotiali, and Sibi, have beenannexed to British India, under the title of British Baluchistan, Quettabeing the capital. The Khan has not complete authority over thevarious tribes, each of which elects its own sirdar, or chief, the Khan,having only a nominal right of confirming the nomination. I. Cl)e Caucas^iansf, (i^eoigians:, tesigljiang, rtr. Boundary between Europe and Asia—Valour and independence of Caucasians—Schamyl—Russianconquest—Wholesale emigration—The Tcherkess—National costume—Family feuds—Saleor capture of girls—Foster fathers—Fraternity—Nature-worship — The Abkasians—TheKabardians—The Tchetchens—The Lesghians—The Georgians—The Georgian kingdom—Phy-sical characters -Singing and dancing—The Mingrelians—So-called princes—The Imeritians —The Khevsurians—The Osse-tians—Mixture of types—Tar-tar civilisation. EPARATING, yet unit-ing tlie two continents,are tlae interesting peo-ples here described. Weinclude the inhabitantsof Caucasia as a wholein Asia. There is avery intelligible reasonfor this. The m
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