Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-01-30

and smoke. One of these men showed me his
hand, from which camel had torn two fingers a
little after dark that night, and which he had
sooihed with boiling oil, in order TO stop the
bleeding and prevent modification, thin
cloth adhered TO it, and over this was tied
piece Of lambs skin. The hand was frighiful
rum, but he took the matter very quietly, smok-
ing, talking, and laughing with the rest, as if
nothing particular had happened The Brahuis
i, must be remembered, are OF Tartar race and
of all men the Tartars are the most nsensbe to
pain, and consequently the most frequent and
ingenious in the use of torture. Terrible is the
fate OF the highly nervous and sensitive Europe
an who, as foe, falls into their hands, to be
slowly nayed alive, like General Bekevitch, or
as a slave, to be tortured during years This
inscnslbity or Indifference to pain was not con-
fined to the men with whom | met One fero
clous oldiw0man two OF whose fingers had grown
together from some cause or other, wished me to
cut them assundcr; and, on my declining to
CRAFTY her desire, insisted on its being done, and
at last tauntingly asked il | was afraid to smell
blood. Neither she nor her friends, however,
would themselves venture on the operation, hav-
ing like all savagcs, a great dread of unknown
results they wished some one to undertake the
responsibility Of it.
While such interesting female patients were
years aud grief upon them in producing Ger
tam wldness, and even blood-thirstincss of dis
position, the younger tairer and genlcr of the
sex, we're quite as dangerous and embarrassing,
from the Jealousy with which their excessive Gu
rlosny was regarded by their no, indugent lords
ami masters for the sword to use a Sindian
phrase, is tied to the strings Of the trowsers OF
the women Of Beloochs'an; or, in other words,
their husbands possess over them absolute pow
er of life and death, and often cruelty exercise
IT, from motives OF the most fancilul kind. The
wife of a Beooch, like the wife of Ccsar is ex-
pected to be beyond all suspicion, (not that they
all are, however.) and when her lord thinks 9TH
erwise-whch he is very apt 10 do without suf-
firient reason, and not to do when he ouglt--he
has immediate and passionate recourse to his
knife This affords a very sufficient reason why
the traveller in the country should he cautious in
availing himself of the almost unrestrained op-
portunity which he has of conversng with mar
red women. They are not confined or vailed
Just because the serious penalty which they must
pay for any imprudence or untaithtuness is
Judged more effective, as it certainly is a sim
pier and easier, method of restraining erratc in
clnations, and upholding coniugal virtue. And
/ am far from being certain that this Belooch
system is at all more cruel. considering the char
acter Of the people, than that which prevails in
the state of ciylIizition That it is more effect
ual, is also doubtful point. AT an encamp.
ment OF Sumlrs, who are, comparatively speak
ing, rather iimid race, got a lesson on this
subject. One young woman of them was really
beautiful although she had grown up in the jun
Gle without even a tent to protect her from the
cold dews Of night Her complexion was unu-
sually fair her black locks were wound round
her h ,ad, somewhat in Grecan STYLE and her
scanty garments Ca shift and shirt scarcely con-
ccaled finely rounded and almost .faultless limbs.
As she was suffering slightly from fever, gave
her some medicine, and also some sirrup she d-
rectng me to pour it into the hollow of her
hand while, by applying her mouth to her wrist,
she was able to drink without allowing any to
escape.
Unfortunately, when was feeling the pulse
OF this Sumric beauty her halt Belooch, ex-
,rcmely ugly, black, and savage husband made
his appearance bearing a broken-mbed goat
upon his shoulders, and looking all suspicion and
wrath. lie evidently had no faith whatever in
my moral character. and looking upon my med
lcal business as a mere diat.>cal pretense, which
1t was his duty and interest 10 expose. Intrud-
ing himself upon our feie-d-ieie, he spoke in q
rude and provoking way, which | could inter-
pref easily without catching the separate mean
ing of scarcely single word. Especially he
tried, and with success. to excite laugh against
me, by derisiyely inquiring il could turn a por-
ton OF his body white 1t is dangerous in Be
loochistan to let the laugh be turned against one
hy an angry man. though il is expedeat not to
be haSiy in noticing good-humored ridicule. In
this case ii was lucky~that | understood his ridi-
cule; for, while the servant with me was ex.
planning, there was time to consider how il should
be met The expedIent adopted was to pull
out knife, catch him 10y the arm, and make a
Slirht IN, hat
easier than to turn HIM white, only. in the first
place, he would have to submit to being fayed.
This rude but not very brilliant ies, took amaz-
ingly, and preserved my moral supremacy. His
companions seemed highly ickled and delighted
at the idea Of their friend losing his skin, and
threw themselves on the gruund, rolling about,
laughing and repeating, "Hakullo wants to be
made white lIakullo must be hayed" Mar
syas himself seemed paralyzed at the audaclty
of the proposal and turned away growing pre-
csely as a savage dog does from an untried foe
which it is doubtful about attacking This did
not please his friends at all, and they were 50
earnest on the slbect that began to fear-lhe
more SO, as he seemed an unpopular character
among them-that they might lie him up, and
insist on the operation being performed. After
this he established himself behind bush close
by, and consoled himself with examining and
handling his matchbox in way which showed
how his thoughts were running; for he aimed
at me with it more than once, when he thought
was not observing. The cord not being light
ed, there was no danger in this but when he
rose, lighted large pipe, and took it over to his
lair, thought it expedlent TO speak his afTec-
tionate friends on the subject, whereon they said
he was bad man, and took his gun away from
him. There was no great chances of the laws OF
hospitality being broken; but the possibility OF
the rullian wresking his vengeance on the un-
offending wife afforded an unpleasant subject OF
contemplation. Well was it that Hakuo had a
demonlac-looking mother-in-law, who seemed
quite able to protect herself and her daughter
too.
Even in Sind, where the crime is punished
with death, ii is difficult to persuade the Beloo-
ches that they have no right to slay their wives.
One whom | saw executed for having done So
persisted to the last-even after he had taste
of the gallows, for on the first removal of the
drop, the rope broke, and he fell to the ground
in excaiming against the monlrosity and bar
barity of his sentence, although he had commit
ted the murder without provocalion, and when
under the Influence of bhang. OF course, in
their own country they have perfect liberty to
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