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fame plate, is one of thofe which are called in General Goddard^s 

 march, fee p. 192 of this volume, Pandurams. Their manners 

 are defcribed there ; more fully in Doiv's FerifJjta^ i. Introd. 

 p. xxxiii. The figure wdl CKprefTes the form of what Mr. Dow 

 calls one of the army of robuft faints. They go quite naked, 

 excepting the concealment of certain parts in a purfe, tied by a 

 firing which goes round the waift. Their hair is fhort, except 

 before,, where it is drawn up, and tied in a bunch on the top of 

 the head. Their beards are long : over their flioulders are 

 flung two beaded ftrings which hang before, and appear to be 

 badges of fandtity. The 7^ogeys wear the fame, but the upper 

 firing confifts of larger beads. They carry a long ftick with a 

 trident at the end, and a fort of bafket to contain any necelTa^ 

 lies. 



There is another kind of Faquir of a more dignified order : Ghossain Fa- 

 thofe are the Gbojfain Faquirs. They bear a very refpe(5table ^'' 

 appearance, and wear an elegant loofe cloathing which reaches 

 to the ground. Their arms are covered to the wrifts with clofe 

 fleeves ; a fcarf falls from their flioulders to their feet : one 

 part is flung gracefully over one fhoulder r on their head is a 

 Ipecies of conic turband. In one hand they ufually carry a 

 firing of great beads, in the other a long flight flick ; thefe, as 

 well as the other Faquirs^ are very commercial. Mr. Bogle * 

 found feme in Thibet, who bring from the fea coafts to the in- 

 terior parts, pearls, corals, fpices, and other pretious articles of 

 fmall bulk, which they exchange for mufk, gold duft, and other 

 things of fmall bulk, which they can conceal in their cloaths. 



* Phil. Tranf. vol. Ixvii. p. 483. 



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