66 KURRACHEE. 



even so far distant as Bokhara, so that the port 

 of Kurrachee may now be looked on as the 

 commercial gate of Central Asia. 



Sindh is evidently a land of much promise 

 in a commercial point of view, and its political 

 importance is undeniable. The works pro- 

 jected by the master-mind that conquered the 

 country have been mostly carried out, or are 

 at this moment in progress. Every step that 

 one takes from the Custom House inland shows 

 that in the Chief Commissioner of Sindh the Go- 

 vernment selected " the right man for the right 

 place," and that he had an able staff to carry 

 out his intentions. But to return to my descrip- 

 tion of Kurrachee : a straight and excellent 

 road past the jail, and Messrs Tuback and Co.'s 

 transit agency, leads direct to the cantonments, 

 where both civil and military reside. The 

 houses are good, but mostly without gardens. 

 The barracks for the European troops are per- 

 haps the finest in India. The church is a very 

 handsome building within, but its steeple, being 

 out of all proportion to so large an edifice, has 

 an unpleasant effect. The province finds sup- 

 port for two bi-weekly newspapers, which are 

 extremely well conducted, and have a remu- 



