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PLATE xxxyrii.
A FEMALE TARTAR,
OF THE TRIBE OF TELEOUTI.
T i n s branch, which is not very considerable, of the Tartar nations,
inhabit the villages in the district and neighbourhood of Kouznetsk, near
Mount Alta. They are in some measure connected v^ith the Kalmuks.
That branch of the Tcleouti, which is subject to Russia, have their
villages near the banks of the river Tom, and other small rivers, that
fall into it. Most of these have the manners and character of the true
Tartar; some, however, much resemble the Kalmuks. The females
cannot be reckoned handsome, as theh- complexions are bad, and their
faces in general flat. Their manners and modes of life are proofs of
an idle, indifferent, and insensible disposition. Their minds are uncultivated,
and they are scarcely able to comprehend the simplest question,
to which they always give the shortest possible answer. Their cattle,
their corn, and their children, together with the power of being idle,
form all their concern ; if they possess these, they are satisfied. They
live happily together, are veiy peaceable in their behaviour towards
their Russian neighbours, and pay their tribute without murmuiing. -Si
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