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them wherever it suits our con- 
venience. They are chiefly dis- 
tinguished from the other tribes 
by their wandering life, to which 
my observations shall, therefore, 
be confined. 
In spring we find them scatter- 
ed in parties of three, four, or 
five tents, over the wastes in the 
countries of the Tokhees and 
Hotukees. Later in the year, 
they assemble in camps of one or 
two hundred tents, move about 
by short stages in quest of grass 
for their flocks; and as soon as 
the autumn begins to close, they 
hold their councils, strike their 
tents, and set off on their long 
migrations to the warm. plains of 
Damaun. 
The tribe marches through the 
hostile country of the Vizeerees, 
in two divisions; and it is settled 
by the Khaun, and the Mooshirs, 
which is to march first. The 
rendezvous for each division is at 
Kunzoor on the Gomul, to which 
place all the hordes direct their 
march from their different Eilauks 
in Khorassaun. In the beginning 
of this march, they pass through 
barran wilds, where they see no- 
body but their own companions ; 
but as they approach Kunzoor, 
the roads are choked with other 
hordes flocking from various and 
distant stations, to the rendez- 
vous. Great confusion now arises; 
two hordes which are at. war, are 
often crowded together in one 
narrow valley, and new quarrels 
are also occasioned by the impa- 
tience of different parties, to get 
first through the passes in the 
hills. At last they join the con- 
fused mass of tents, men, and 
cattle, which are heaped together 
at Kunzoor. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
The whole assemblage amounts 
to more than thirty thousand peo- 
ple, with all their numberless 
fiocks and herds of camels, and 
indeed with all their possessions. 
The bustle and disorder of such a 
throng may well be conceived. 
During the day, they issue forth 
in swarms to search for forage 
and fire-wood; and at nightfall, 
these unfrequented valleys re- 
sound with the confused voices of 
the multitude, the bleating and 
lowing of their flocks and herds, 
the hoarse roar of the camel, and 
the shouts and songs of the Naus- 
sers. 
When the whole division is as- 
sembled, Chelwashtees are ap- 
pointed, and they renew their 
progress towards Damaun. 
The Vizeerees, in the mean 
time, are preparing for their re- 
ception with all the caution and 
secrecy of savage war: their clans 
are assembled in the depths of the 
mountains, and a single ‘scout, 
perhaps, watches on the brow of 
a rock, and listens in the silence 
of that desolate region, for the 
hum of the approaching crowd, 
till, at length, the Naussers are 
heard, and the valleys are filled 
‘with the stream of men and flocks 
that pours down the bedand banks 
of the Gomul, The word is then 
passed round to the Vizeerees, 
who hasten to the defiles by paths 
known only to themselves, and 
attack the disorderly crowd, or 
lie in ambush to cut off the strag- 
glers, according to the remissness 
or vigilance they observe among 
their enemies. During this time 
of danger, which lasts a week or 
ten days, the Naussers are in an 
unusual state of preparation ; the 
power of the Chelwashtees sup- 
