CONTENTS. 



Sindli — Civil and Criminal Courts — Foeticide — Fleet of 

 Boats 131 



CHAPTER YI. 



Sliikarpoor — Its great Commercial Importance — The Sudr 

 Bazaar — A Motley Multitude — Hindoo Mercliants — 

 JSTative Bills of Exchange — Decline of Shikarpoor — Ja- 

 cobabad — The Jakranee and Doomkee Colonies — Import- 

 ance of Jacobabad — Hill Campaign under Sir Charles 

 Napier — The HiU Tribes — Sindh Horse — War Services 

 of this Corps — Mirza Ali Acbar Khan Bahader — De- 

 parture from the North-western Frontier — Eoree — House 

 of a Native Gentleman — The Jooma Musgid — Allore or 

 Brahmanabad — Ancient Course of the Indus — Seyuds of 

 Eoree — Sacred Hair of the Prophet . . . 161 



CHAPTEE, YII. 



A Belooch Official — Arrival at Khyrpoor — Mrs Gholaum 

 Husseyn — The Court of Khyrpoor — Meer Eoostum — 

 Family Dissensions — Meer Ali Moorad — Disregard of 

 Beloochee Feudalism and Clanship — Dilapidated Appear- 

 ance of KhjTpoor — The Bazaar — Narrow Streets — Mili- 

 tary Establishment of the Meer — Method of Firing a 

 Salute — Meer Ali Moorad's Eeturn from Europe — Ee- 

 joicings on his Arrival — An Illumination — The Dobagha 

 — Beggars and Seyudnees — First Introduction into Sindh- 

 ian Society — Meer Khan IMahomed — A Sindhian Enter- 

 tainment — Beloochee Habits at Table — Camel Eiding — 

 Hawking — Hawks in L^se with tlie Sindhians — Sindhian 

 Promises — A Swearing Official — The IMeer's Stud — Pro- 

 jected Improvements 199 



CHAPTER YIIL 



Hare chased by a Hawk — A Vocal Eeveille — Hunting 

 Cavalcade — Afghan Greyhounds — Description of the 



