MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. 
Mullik (or Mooshir) settles all 
disputes, and can expel an offend- 
er the camp without a Jeirga; he 
is also absolute with regard to the 
movements and stations of the 
camp ; but any four or five peo- 
ple may go and advise him on 
that head, though, if he is re- 
solved, they must abide by his 
decision. 
The Naussers pay a tax to the 
King which is at present allotted 
to Abdooreheem Khaun, and this 
circumstance appears to counte- 
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nance a pretension which they 
often advance to a connection by 
blood with the Hotukees. The 
Hotukees say that the Naussers 
have been their Humsauyahs, but 
not their kindred: some even re- 
present them as sprung from the 
Beloches ; and though they speak 
Pushtoo, and strenuously main- 
tain their descent from the Af- 
ghauns, their features and appear- 
ance certainly indicate a race dis- 
tinct from that nation. 
