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The heart of a continent : vol.1 |
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But one innovation must certainly come with the presence
of the British in the country : they will be taught the value and
the need of money. I once asked a Chitrali why all the men
of a certain valley, in a remote part of Chitral, were so much
better, more loyal, and of simpler manners than the other
Chitralis. He replied that they were so because they were
off the main line of traffic, and no strangers and traders from
outside came to corrupt them, make them buy things they did
not want, and cause them to be discontented because they had
not the things the traders brought round. In other parts of
Chitral the people were exposed to all these temptations, and
were corrupted by them. It seems hard to break in on the
simplicity of such a people, and teach them a lust for wealth.
But if a desire for money may bring with it some disadvantages,
it cannot but contribute also to the strengthening of the
character of the people. In some of these upper valleys the
inhabitants had, until recently, no idea of the use or value of
money. They had few wants. Their fields produced what they
required in the way of food, and the wool from their sheep
supplied them with material from which they could weave their
clothing. If a man had need of a coat, he would give another a
sheep or some corn for it. What, therefore, did they want with
the round pieces of silver called rupees ? They could use them
as ornaments, but for anything else they were useless. But
they have gradually been learning that with these rupees they
can buy cotton goods, salt, looking-glasses, matches, iron
implements, knives, scissors, needles, etc., from traders ; and
so they begin to want rupees.
A man walked more than sixty miles once to see me, and
sat down on the ground while I was at breakfast in the garden,
and then suddenly jumped up, kissed my feet, and said he had
come all the way to ask me for five rupees. I said I would be
very glad to give him five rupees, if he would go up the hillside
and cut some firewood for me. He said he could not stay away
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