Not addicted to gluttony or drunkenness, this people who incur no expense in food or dress, and whose minds are always bent upon the defence of their country, and on the means of plunder, are wholly employed in the care of their horses and furniture.
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Almost all the people live upon the produce of their herds, with oats, milk, cheese, and butter eating flesh in larger proportions than bread.
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These people being of a sharp and acute intellect, and gifted with a rich and powerful understanding, excel in whatever studies they pursue, and are more quick and cunning than the other inhabitants of a western clime.
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The men and women cut their hair close round to the ears and eyes. The women, after the manner of the Parthians, cover their heads with a large white veil, folded together in the form of a crown.
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I may be permitted to indulge myself for a short time in other pursuits but in this I should wish not only to continue, but to die.
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