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A BOUKHARIAN OF SIBERIA.
F R O M tlic time that the Russians first coiKjuered Siberia, many large
colonies of Boukliarians have been under their government. The
suburljs of Tobolsk, Tara, and Tomsk are entirely inhabited by them ;
there are many of them also in Orenbourg, at Kargale, and Astraean.
They all came originally from Boukharia Minor, which lies on the
Persian frontiers, to the east of the Caspian Sea and the lake of Aral.
^Mierever these people happen to be scattered in Taissia, and at vs^hatever
distance, they continue, as it were, united to each other, and
have alv\ays presened their national character. In their appearance
they resemble the Tartars of Kazan, but partake more of the Indian
or Asiatic character. They are in general rather large, but thin ; their
eyes small, their hair of a deep chesnut colour, and straight: they.are
remarkable for modesty and honour in their dealings, and are both
laborious and sober. Their dress, as may be seen, does not much differ
from the Kazanians. The men wear mustachios, and suffer a small
piece of their beards to grow on the under lip, but they eradicate every
other part by means of some corrosive liquid. They shave the head,
and cover it with a leathern cap, over which they wear a bonnet,
bordered with fur. Tiieir cloak, or pelisse, is made of cloth, and
bordered also with fur. In their native country, which is much milder,
they dress somewhat ditferently. The women dress themselves in a
similar manner to those of Kazan.
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