mB CALLED P'HA'NSrGA--RS. 



which expofes tliem tothe rilk of obfervation, they put up a fcreen, 

 or the wall of a tent, and biary the body within the inclofure : — pf6*- 

 ficnding, if enquiries are made^ that. their women are within the fcreen. 

 On fuch occa lions the fe obdurate wretches do not helitate to drefs and 

 (?at,dicir.fQQd:On,th$ very fpot where flaeir vidim is inhumed. 



If, wjbich fcarcely ever happens, a traveller efcape from the per fons 

 i^ttempting to ftrangle him, he incurs the hazard of being di [patched 

 -by one of the parties on watch. Should he finally efcape, or fhould 

 any other circumftance occur to excite alarm, or apprehenfions of be- 

 ing feized, the gang immediately difperfes ; having previoufly agreed 

 to rerafleinble at an appointed time, at fome diftaat place. 



TuAVEfi^L-Eiis refling in the fame choultry with P'A<i?2^«V<7r^ are fome^- 

 itimes deftroyed in the night, and their bodies conveyed to a diftance 

 and buried. Qn thefe occaiions a perfon is not always murdered when 

 afieep ; as, while he is ia a recumbent poftu'e, the P'hdnsigdrs find a 

 .difficulty in applying the cloth. The ofual pradlice is firll to awaken 

 rliim faddenly v^ith an alarm of a fnake or a fcorpion, and then tcD 

 rilr^n^le hir^o 



In attacking a. traveller on horreback, the P'Mnsigdrs range them- 

 felves in the following manner. Owq of the gang goes in front of the 

 horfe, and another has his llation in the rear : a third, v/alking by the 

 fide of the traveller, keeps him engaged in converfation till, Ending 

 that he is off his guard, he faddenly feizes the traveller by the arm and 

 drags him to the ground; the horfe at the fame time being feized by 

 Ihe foremofi: vimip. The iniferable fulTerer js then ftrangled in Ihe 

 oUfual manner. 



AQkii^nx Fkdnsigdrsit mufl be obvious, that arms and the ordinary 

 tions taken again ft jobbers, are unavailipg. When a pcrfon is 



