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arrival at Kurracliee in December, 1857, I saw 

 some 500 horses that were awaiting the arrival 

 of the 7th Dragoon Guards, but I confess they 

 appeared to me quite unfit for the purpose. 

 These horses were shortly after transferred to the 

 17th Lancers, and the 7th were mounted on 

 their arrival in the Punjaub, but I was told by 

 a ca23tain of the regiment they were so much 

 undermounted, that after a march of twelve miles 

 every horse in his squadron was knocked u^). 

 In short, the present state of the trade of Sindh, 

 almost every branch of which is advancing by 

 rapid strides, is eminently satisfactory, as its 

 steady progress shows that the natives feel 

 security and confidence in the Government. 

 The effect of railways and improved river 

 communication cannot be over-estimated, as 

 tending to the prosperity of the province, 

 and I hope to see Boydell's Traction Engine 

 and endless railway at once introduced into 

 all parts of the country where means of loco- 

 motion are wanting, for I consider that en- 

 gine eminently and peculiarly calculated to 

 prove serviceable in the level plains of 

 Sindh. In fact, it would have been worth 

 any money there at the time when means were 



