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Die Kalmücken
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Miscell. Subj. XCV. Vol. VI. No. 40., THE CALMUCKS., Jlie Calmucks are a paEoTal people of the Mongolick race, inhabititig the middle and being Tiihject partly to the Ruffian, partly to the Chine.'e dominion. By their fiat Tentures they are disFig. ured, but are goodnatured, ducile and very bofpJM As a paftoral people they wander with iheir herds in the heaths of Afia from onepafinre to the other, wherefore both men and women from iheir youth live on horfes, their whole drefs being nrjufted to that end. Their hulnunun are funnel-like tents of felt, with W1&14 Vlhen thcy renjove> flJnip. ters are bfcargétf. ],;,. , we ^^ ifae camp of iuch a horde of CrtW flJnip. ters are bfcargétf. ],;,. , we ^^ ifae camp of iuch a horde of CrtW, v.h in the foreground the migration begins. On the left one perceives the lomb of one of their Lamas or priefts. The wealth of the Calmucks confifts of their herds of horfes, oxen, cows and fheep. Fig. 2. exhibits us an hufbandry of Calmucks. On both fides of the great tent of felt girls are bufied with milking the mares and cows. In the middle we fee a Calmuck woman dreffing a /kin; near her /lands a lad with the horfe, holding a long 1'taff with thenoofe, by means of which the wild horfes are caught. In the fore-ground feveral Calmucks play at chefs, the favorite play of this people. ere
