70 INCREASE OF SEA TRADE. 



lakhs of rupees between 1847-48 and 1858-59, a 

 period of eleven years, and a difference in the 

 amount of exports exceeding ninety-two lakhs of 

 rupees, the particulars whereof will be found in 

 Table A. of the Appendix. 



At the time I landed in Sindh not a vessel 

 had ever loaded there direct for England, 

 although at that very moment four French 

 vessels were loading there direct for Bordeaux ; 

 and as their commanders were residing in the 

 same hotel as myself, we met at dinner every 

 evening, and being conversant in their language, 

 I heard all the commercial news of the port. 

 These vessels were loading with oil-seeds, chiefly 

 " Sesame," celebrated in the story of the " Forty 

 Thieves," and by the Mahomedans of India 

 known as "Til," and called " Gingely " at 

 Madras. This seed, they informed me, fetched 

 a good price at Bordeaux, where they mix the 

 Sesame oil with that of olives, and export the 

 mixture as genuine olive oil to other countries. 

 Shortly after, British vessels with troops began 

 to arrive, and then only did English vessels com- 

 mence trading direct with England, and the trade 

 has since been gradually increasing. For instance, 

 in 1857-58 the value of the direct exports from 



