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as a decent bed by night. 1t was too small how
ever for the heavy luggage. including asupryo OF am
muntion and firearms in ease of hostile rencont"
| with the natives. and was exchanged Tor cheap
country sledge There was great difficulty III pro-
curiua horses. Frequently there were none 70
| be had. and il was necessary TO make use
Of cames. Mr.. Schuyler agrees with the HowadJI
and other recent travellers in finding this snip
Of the desert" a detestable beast. His picture dls-
pels all illusions on the subject OF It's roman
/ tic virtues. He never saw more unaniable ana
unpleasant animal. 1t seemed 10 be cross between
| a cow and caSsOwaTy. It's odor Is the reverse oi
/ Arabian sweets. Seen at distance, II reminds one
/ of a big overgrown ostrich. If the burden IS too
| great the cames ul.cra shri1 dsagTeeable sound
rot precisely grom or a cry, but quite human III
IFS character and kept up till the end Of the jour
nev. They are very rcyengeful and IN the SihnR
/ season the males are often dangerous. Many III
stances are known where they have bitten persons
to death .,
Asf far rs Kazaha the greatest hardship was cold
! As if was Winter there was plenty oi wafer ana
enough to eat. The usual diet was fried slices OF
| ham. boiled or fried eggs, with sausages Jams ana
pottcd meat There was good bread, though
usually frozen and good butter After an eXcep-
| tionally miserable day, consolation was found IN
! luxurious stew of timed American oysters. The
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| the ham and bacon, living chiefly on bread and
eggs, but they appeared to have no objection 10 a
/ lrequcnt taste of the whisky hottie.
! The description of The kirghiz race, the rcmarka-
| BILE noInadic people through whose territory Mr.
Schuyler was now travelling, abounds with interest
inc notices Of their history, character and peculiar
/ habits. They speak language which Is one OF the
purest dialects Of Tartar Their wealth consists en-
tircly in docks and herds The people, amounting
| 10 about a million and half, though OF Turkish
| origin show almost rs much Of a Mongol as OF a
/ Turkish typc In general thcy short III stature
with round, Swarthy faces, insignificant noses, and
/ small sharp black eyes In Winter they sometimes
! 1.-Two in underground huts, where children, calves
/ and colts al sleep and play together but usually
/ both in Winter and summer their habitation Is a
circular tent made of felt spread over alg wooden
frame, called a lNbitka. The interior If the tent
! is decorated with ribbons used TO fas,cn
down the felt, and around tho sides they
/ hang all their valuable goods including
| carpcts silk mattresses, and cotAc., ana
| in case of the richer men, even silver articles
with the trappngs Of horses and household utensils
The men shave their heads aud allow their boards TO
| grow, although the latter are merely Struggling
Eft OF haIr scarcely covering the chin. They wear
/ immense leather breechcs and n coarse shirt with
wide tapping collars. Their outer garment Is a
| drcssing-gown. Of which they usually wear two or
/ three according TO the weather. The richer sort
! have magnificent velvet robes sayly adorned with
! gold and silver. On the head are worn embroidered
skullcaps and over these goesquc looking hoods OF
| sheepsLin. with tic wool inside. The wealthy, on
grand OCCASIONS rejoice in ta.l secpe-crowucd hats,
with the br.ms turning up in two immense
/ horns, usually of velvet and often embroi-
dcrcd with gold But their finest ornament IS
are heir belts saddles, and brdlcs which are often
50 covered with silver gold, and precious stones as
/ TO be almost solid The women are dressed the same
/ as the men, but with loose folds OF white cotton
cloth around the head and neck, forming sort OF
bib and turban at the time. The boys are either
entirely naked, or in a shirt and ba-gy brceches,
with capcss >havcn heads. The girls dress like Their
mothers with their hair shoTn behind ana hanging
in front in a profusion Of long bradS. The hTEhz.
| as a rule, do not cultivate the ground. Ihey h"lH
amculture in contempt OF course, they have 10
bread but thev make a sort Of pouIdcc Of mil!et,
though it is not generally used. Mutton is Their
principal food but at great feas.7, they sometimes
Indulge IN horsc-lcsh. Tea is IN common use.
Kmnvs liquor made Of ferneutod mares milk, and
kind of strong beer brcwcd from grain, are fayoa.c
drinks The prominent traits Of ,ii, peculiar people
are well presented in the following summary, whicA
at the same time affords an attractive specimen o.,
| the authors unusual power Of description.
The Kngnz owing 10 the simplicity u ihcir lie aF"
and have ali tie faults and virtues ol children Piona-
bly the first acquaintance with them VIII uc I"unl d
agreeable and certainly the 5dc traveller secs D., the
/ worst. but on knowing lem more intimately one cannot
help liking and even respecting tIrin, and D. j. me Ne-
dict OF every Que VINO las lived n Central Asa! "' Ae
| K.r-hiz are superior % al tne o!A,r races.
The men devote tncms'yc, almost entirely 10 tue care
of their boscs leaving all Ae "ot" To- bc Conc o' @
women, and leading IN general Iaz, suiir-- me- al
though when 1t comes 10 riding Acy are WreIau-aol''
ana VIII 70 hundreds OF n!e, "!,Aoul reenis TO- ". iH
the 81 yntcst degree med IAcJ arc u0l|H'' ot'H 40
fault, 10 one OF their own race or To Ir"" du',
man, nor do believe that Chiisliah |"'.N IAio "o'
among them. certainly, whenever happened t' nice,
them on the Stcppe, was wei received and c' FlhH-
,Ocabe and always FOR fresh HcUs; even the tell
soon as "a man arrives among th I'D WIN Il l " ,
one Of the family Will lulnc iafcy start oil un lt7h
horse and convey the intelligence 10 som. di. in' az
quaintauce. ia this way travels through On. $50 c
almost If by telegraph Contrary 10 most "ln .'7-'
cence believe all that told iAcn; they are ho"eNc''
them'eyes lar from tu hiui' 4oll ID l'l"tI '' @ M
be depended upon, and IN making bargain WIN thrn' H
t nriornanc. of their part Of Inc contract. They ore
hginiuded aud tickle. aud easily influenced b' iir J.
with whom they are Tor thr n.m'nt as'.o.i''&" &
authority Of their supenors In war tney are IN si,i
scouts partly from their Utirnpurfs, and partly from
their acquaintance with naluIc and tapdc} 4Jt 'Ds'Na
darkest night ana IT seems hardly possible Tor iHrL u"
Ibc distance which the voice VIII reach the oc can
observe They not cruel by nature ana ihc "it "i
I
IMPOSES ot plunder than revenge. Puudcins eNpcd'
lions frequent among those hlfthh VINO are UA",
| Russian RUE, though such bUdtS are severely
puu.pd tue pcIctri dl~'uN, rcd The loss ui
horses or sheen is sufficient "a for LdyUHtH, or
plundefiug expedition on large sctc, against one
urghbors 10 indemnify Ohcscli-cdIy sort 0I l|nc-
law In disposition they are merry aud eood-naturcd,
and devoted music, constantly sulA 90 Themselves
They have many songs not devoid OF murh in, poe ut'
aud AS musical Instruments have. besides TIE J,Tshl
| a sort OF guitar and a drum.
Nh. Schuyler closes his work, OF whose admirable
character and profound interest We have been able,
I'm nnr limited spacc 70 Give but vcry inadcqIatc