PLA T E XXXI.
A TARTAR.
N o nation throughout the eastern part of fHe'World has preserved
thé various customs of their ancestors more strictly than the Tartars
: a people as singular in their mode of life as they are honourable
in their dealings, ’ and hospitable in their'disposition. Accustomed
from the nature of their Climate'tohear the most intense cold,,
they will frequently make campaigns of great length, when an
European armÿ eôuïi not keep the field even"för a day. Tfieip
horses too are equally hardy, and wilFbear a degreé of fatigue under
which the Arabian horse always fails. Thé Noguais, or those, who
inhabit the valleys'of thé deserts, are a most simple people, and
always dwell under tents.
The Tartars have different degrees of rank. First is royal
family, then tndsp of Chain, Mansoor, Sédföod* Arguin, and Barops;
and the ancient Mirzas form the high nobility, according to
Ä e above order. There is one singular custom among the Tartars,
which is not common in other parts of the east; and that is, wearing
black dresses for the death of any one. This is alwaÿs^obâerved in
Tartary, particularly én the death óf the Cham.