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His Highness on landing mounted a horse that 

 was in readiness, and cantered off to a Bun- 

 galow that had been prepared for his reception, 

 situated about midway between the port and 



Cantonments, Mr I and myself being 



evidently forgotten in the joy that theMeer felt 

 at again standing on the soil of Sindh. How- 

 ever, we soon jDrocured a conveyance, and 

 directed the driver to conduct us to the "Europe 

 Hotel," which we found a very clean and com- 

 fortable abiding-place, and to myself extremely 

 convenient, as being close to the Meer's quarters. 

 Our hostess, a Belgian dame of vast propor- 

 tions, but showing still the remains of consi- 

 derable early beauty, was most kind and at- 

 tentive during our stay in her well-regulated 

 establishment, which I can strongly recommend. 

 Her husband, an engineer of the Indian Navy, 

 is a very obliging and intelligent person, and 

 from them both I gathered a good deal of in- 

 formation regarding Sindh. 



Sindh Proper, styled by Abul Fazol in the 

 Ayeen Akbery as Sirkar Tatah, the fourth 

 Sirkar of the Soobah of Mooltan, may be con- 

 sidered as the country lying along both banks 

 of the river Indus, bounded on the north by the 



