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are the most intelligent and wealthy in the 

 province. The yield of corn in this district is 

 mainly dependent on artificial irrigation, de- 

 rived from the Gharr, a broad and natural 

 branch of the Indus, flowing through it, which 

 throws off several minor channels. This stream 

 has been recently connected with the western 

 Narra, and the results show the great returns 

 derivable from a public work well conceived 

 and judiciously executed, for in a single season 

 this new cut has paid eightfold its own cost ! 

 The canals in the district are in thorough 

 order; direct roads, well bridged, intersect the 

 country wherever requisite. Sixty miles above 

 Larkhana, at a sudden bend in the stream, we 

 came in sight of a lofty minaret or tower, ninety 

 feet in height, which overlooks the town of 

 Sukkur and is visible at a considerable distance. 

 We reached Sukkur on the afternoon of the 

 3rd January, and bidding adieu to the Nimrod 

 established ourselves in the Travellers' Bunga- 

 low, a tolerably comfortable building, consist- 

 ing of a large hall, with verandahs front and 

 rear, and two bed-rooms, and baths on citlier 

 side ; the whole fitted with glass windows, 

 which are quite essential to comfort in a land 



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