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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1816. 



government being in the h.ands 

 of a Moghul excites a great de- 

 gree of jealousy in the minds of 

 the Uffghans, but the prince gives 

 the former a decided preference 

 over his own tribe^ as he finds 

 that the rapacious exactions of 

 the former from the subject, are 

 more enforced to enrich his cof- 

 fers, than they could possibly be 

 thi'ough his countrymen, who 

 being accustomed to free and in- 

 dependent tenure of the land, are 

 not so likely to assist in that sys- 

 tem of plunder for which the Mo- 

 ghuls are proverbial. 



The police of Heerat is strict, 

 not so much for the sake of mo- 

 rality, as for the fines which come 

 into government; and no one 

 can appear in the streets after 

 dark. This city is, of all others 

 in Khorasan, celebrated for 

 cheats, who allure the unsuspect- 

 ing stranger into their houses to 

 partake of an entertainment, and 

 then lay him by the heels on a 

 false charge of seduction of their 

 female relatives, and breach of 

 hospitality, for which the accused 

 person may think himself fortu- 

 nate to escape with a mulct of five 

 hundred rupees. On these occa- 

 sions they previously infoiun 

 themselves of the state and con- 

 dition of the person, and levy ac- 

 cordingly ; half of this fine goes 

 to the informer as a reward for 

 his ingenuity, and the other half 

 to the minister and government. 



An Account of the Seyclieile hlands 

 and Bank, and Admiralty Is- 

 lands. 

 As very little is generally known 



relative, to the Seychelle Islands, 



and as their interest and import- 

 ance to England is considerably 

 increased by the Treaty of Peace 

 of 1814, we have great satisfac- 

 tion in subjoining an accurate 

 account of them, taken on a sur- 

 voy in the year ISll, by a most 

 intelligent and enterprizing offi- 

 cer of His Majesty's Navy : — 



This archipelago derives its 

 name horn Monsieur Moreau de 

 Seychelle, a principal officer of 

 the French East-India Company 

 at the time of its discovery, and 

 consists of about a dozen small 

 islands, and as many more islets 

 and rocks, scattered upon a large 

 coral and sand bank, extending 

 S. E. and N. W. full seventy 

 leagues ; its breadth various, be- 

 ing broadest to the N. W., where 

 it may be about thirty leagues ; 

 and thence gradually diminishing 

 to the S.E., where it does not 

 exceed as many mQes. There are 

 soundings and anchorage on al- 

 most every part of it, the former 

 veiy irregular, but, generally 

 speaking, between twelve and 

 forty fathoms, except on the east- 

 ern edge, in the parallel of the 

 middle of Malii, where there is 

 only seven and a half, and on the 

 western limit, in the latitude of 

 Silhauet, where there is only 

 three fathoms and a half; at 

 leas t, less than that has not yet been 

 discovered. There are scarcely 

 any dangers on it that do not 

 show themselves. 



The harbour of Mahe is very 

 good, and no sea nor wind can 

 hurt you, when in the entrance ; 

 to the inner harbour it is narrow, 

 and you must warp or tow in, 

 should you not have a leading 

 wind. 



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