112 LARKHANA BUNDER. 



Dropsy and enlarged spleen are common dis- 

 eases, but the climate is, perhaps, less answer- 

 able for disease than the habits of the people 

 themselves. Rain is unusual in Upper Sindh ; 

 in fact, during the eight months I was at Khyr- 

 poor less than two inches of rain fell, but the 

 excessive heat was at times mitigated by dust 

 storms, which, though very unpleasant whilst 

 they lasted, always caused a great diminution 

 of heat. The hot winds are very dangerous to 

 those who are exposed to them, and the natives 

 themselves avoid such exposure as much as pos- 

 sible. 



A short distance above Sehwan we came 

 within sight of His Highness IVIeer Ali Moorad's 

 south-western frontier, which extends nearly to 

 the river in the vicinity of Doulutpoor, just 

 north of which are the valuable districts of 

 Noushera and Kundiara, of which the Ameer, 

 as I have before stated, was most unjustly de- 

 prived by the British Government. 



Passing onward about 110 miles we reached 

 Larkhana Bunder, — so called after the tribe 

 of Larukh,— the head-quarters of the Lark- 

 hana dej^uty collectorate, one of the most 

 productive districts of Sindh, as its cultivators 



