. 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. ms, andnorth to the Ca-bul river. TheDuranis live inthe south andsouth-west, be-tween Herat andCandahar. TheYuzufzais, northof Peshawur,maintain theirIndependence ofCabul, as do theKakars of thesouth-east. Alluhe tribes aremuch subdividednto clans andninor branches ;md their cohe- ;ion is further liindered by the number of other races intermixed with/hem and speaking differen
. 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. ms, andnorth to the Ca-bul river. TheDuranis live inthe south andsouth-west, be-tween Herat andCandahar. TheYuzufzais, northof Peshawur,maintain theirIndependence ofCabul, as do theKakars of thesouth-east. Alluhe tribes aremuch subdividednto clans andninor branches ;md their cohe- ;ion is further liindered by the number of other races intermixed with/hem and speaking different languages. Col. Yule speaks with considerable respect of the tradition which:onnects the Afghans with the Jews ; and certainly, if both Arabs andTews have migrated west and east, and it is not at all unhkely Pbysioaihat there should be some ethnical relation between the characters,ranian and the Semitic stocks. Certainly not a few Afghans, as wells other Iranians, have the high prominent forehead, aquiline nose, thickips and abundant beard of many Jews. In general, the Afghans areemarkably massive in build, and very muscular and hardy. They areong-headed, with prominent cheek-bones and noses, thick eyebrows, and. DUEANI OF CABUL. II 452 THE INHABITANTS OF ASIA. thick black liair and beard. In colour they vary from an olive to abrown tint. Their aspect is fierce, brusque, and haughty, indicating atemper of great cruelty when roused. At first, and if all goes an Afghan appears most hospitable and magnanimous ; but incharacter, y^^x he is savage and revengeful, treacherous, and greedy ofplunder. God protect you from the vengeance of an elephant, a cobra,or an Afghan! is a Hindu saying. Every tribal division and subdivision among the Afghans has a chief, usually hereditary ; but the chiefs of tribes are either nominated by the The Ameer Ameer of Cabul or chosen by the tribe. Each chief is controlled and chiefs, j^y ^]^g, assembly of subordinate chiefs over which
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