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nerative circulation. The military cantonment 

 is a great straggling place, about five miles dis- 

 tant from the port, with scarcely a speck of vege- 

 tation about it, but traversed by good roads in 

 all directions. The native town, has a popula- 

 tion of about 50,000 inhabitants, and its clean 

 appearance is very creditable to the local au- 

 thorities. The jail, which is situated near the 

 native town, is a very extensive building, and 

 contains workshoj)s of every description. This 

 establishment is admirably managed, after the 

 system that was introduced some years ago 

 with much success amongst the imprisoned 

 Thuggs in the jail at Jul3bulpore, and it is, I 

 believe, nearly, if not altogether, self-support- 

 ing. Excellent tents are made here, and cotton 

 cloths are manufactured in the jail ; also vari- 

 ous articles in silk and worsted of every descrip- 

 tion, and the establishment contains such expert 

 smiths and carpenters, tliat very neat bullock 

 carriages are built here. The discipline of the 

 jail appears excellent, and the prisoners have a 

 well-fed, healthy look. Some years ago con- 

 siderable sickness and mortality prevailed in 

 the jail at Hyderabad, consequent on the issue 

 of bad food to the prisoners, through the dis- 



