. 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. CHAPTEE XIV.€\)t Jnl)abitant5 of CmfecsJtan. Tlie true Turks of Turkestan—Their subjugation—The Usbeg-s—Costume—The Kirghiz—TheTurcomans—A Kirghiz nomad family—Encamping—Houses—Food—Pilau—A meal with Tur-comans—The height of politeness—Jewellery and ornaments—Betrothal and marriage—Thejester—Birth and youth—Burial—Turcoman tribes. WE are too apt to think ofthe Turks of Consta
. 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. CHAPTEE XIV.€\)t Jnl)abitant5 of CmfecsJtan. Tlie true Turks of Turkestan—Their subjugation—The Usbeg-s—Costume—The Kirghiz—TheTurcomans—A Kirghiz nomad family—Encamping—Houses—Food—Pilau—A meal with Tur-comans—The height of politeness—Jewellery and ornaments—Betrothal and marriage—Thejester—Birth and youth—Burial—Turcoman tribes. WE are too apt to think ofthe Turks of Constanti-nople as the typical Turks ; but they are in „. •^ The true reality very much Turks of TJ2 1 n ,1 Turkestanu modmed irom the original stock, chiefly by inter-marriage with Circassians,Georgians, Greeks, Albanians,etc., until some authoritiesincline to the view that theyare now more Caucasian thanMongoloid. In Europe, too,the Turk has gained a polishand a savoir-faire which makehim, in the eyes of many, the finest gentleman in Europe—that is, whenviewed in good specimens. But still we may say of many a Turkwhat has been applied to Russians also, Scratch a Turk, and
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