The mountain tribesmen of the Caucasus make hay on steep slopes by hitching Kabardas to horse-drawn mowers.

The mountain tribesmen knew better.

It was as black and lustrous as the hair on the Chinese mountain tribesmen who were his companions.

They were bred for the characteristics most needed by the mountain tribesmen and nomads, including strong cardiovascular, respiratory, muscular and skeletal systems.

Even less verifiable is a widespread suspicion that the smuggling of opium and heroin, of which Laotian mountain tribesmen are major producers, also finances consumer imports.

Two hard-bitten mountain tribesmen were with him.

Ilan district After religious freedom was allowed, the mountain tribesmen began spreading the gospel to the villages in Ilan area.

Time after time in Afghan history, the fierce mountain tribesmen have pulled together to defeat outsiders - foreigners and infidels.

Afghanistan is a fractious country of fierce mountain tribesmen and blood feuds, with a half-dozen ethnic stocks and nearly as many languages.

But the mountain tribesmen, stirred only by vestiges of old traditions belonging to their ancestors, seemed not inclined to interfere.