62 MUNORA LIGHT- HOUSE. 



night tills light is visible at a distance of fifteen 

 miles. The harbour is very spacious, and has 

 room for twenty ships of 800 tons each, and any 

 number of small craft. Under the promontory 

 of Munora, on the eastern side, vessels anchor 

 in security. The light-house, and all pertain- 

 ing to the harbour, is under the superintendence 

 of the port officer. A pilot and pilot-boat are 

 attached to the port, and a powerful steam-tug 

 brings vessels into the harbour, which is 

 becoming gradually clearer and deeper under 

 the effective operation of the dredging machines, 

 one of which the Berenice took round in tow to 

 Kurrachee. 



We came in sight of the Munora light-house 

 at day-break, and I cannot say that my first im- 

 pressions of Sindh were favourable to "^ Young 

 Egypt." The port officer. Lieutenant Giles, of 

 the Indian Navy, came on board off Munora 

 Point, and His Highness and ourselves having 

 taken leave of Captain Chitty and his officers, 

 the Meer, with Pullyar Khan, a favourite attend- 

 ant, Mr I , and myself, left the Berenice in 



the captain's barge, steered by an officer, who 

 landed us at the jetty near Keamaree Bunder 

 Custom House, a long straggling building. 



