64 THEIR HABITS AND COSTUME. 



the cultivators of the soil. They are a very 

 patriarchal people ; each tribe will obey its 

 chief alone, to whom, as the father of a family, 

 all look for counsel and direction, his opinion 

 being held as law. Heads of tribes, families, 

 and castes exercise an undefined influence 

 among their members ; in default of the father 

 the nearest male relative has the right of dis- 

 posal of a girl in marriage. They have no 

 idea of luxury or comfort ; their Tandas or 

 villages are generally a collection of sheds, 

 which the bipeds share with the quadrupeds, or 

 at any rate a pet mare generally shares the 

 accommodation of the mistress of the family. 

 The Beloochee women are coarse and ill-favour- 

 ed, slaves to the men, who pass their time, as far 

 as possible, in smoking, drinking, or sleep. In the 

 hot season the Beloochee wears a phjran, or 

 muslin blouse, and loose paejammas^ or drawers 

 of voluminous dimensions. In cold weather a 

 warm clioga^ of Cabool cloth, or a poshteen^ 

 literally, skin jacket, from the same country, is 

 worn by all the hcau monde of Khyrpoor. A 

 waistband of silk or gaudy-coloured cotton 

 completes the suit. The head is never shaved ; 



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