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to Naucliee, about fom- miles below, on the 

 opposite bank, whence they were conveyed to 

 Kliyrpoor, about eighteen miles distant in a 

 south-westerly direction. 



Sukkur, or, as the natives call it, Xew Sulsiur, 

 to distinguish it from the old town, about a mile 

 higher up, is a flourishing place on the right 

 bank of the Indus, with about 14,000 inhabit- 

 ants, and its importance is fast increasing with 

 the increased traffic on the river, to which the 

 Bazaar runs parallel. On the high ground 

 commanding the passage of the Indus are the 

 cantonments, where at one time a very large 

 British force was concentrated, though when I 

 was at Sukkur a Belooch battalion and a de- 

 tachment of the Police Corps were the only 

 troops. As a station, Suliur is one of the most 

 dreary looking places I ever saw ; the bazaar 

 certainly exhibits symptoms of vitality, but on 

 the elevated ground above nothing can be seen 

 but rocky mounds and ridges, on which are 

 generally empty bungalows, constructed in most 

 instances out of ancient tombs ; and the said 

 bungalows, being generally in a very ruinous 

 condition, have a most cheerless aspect, whilst 

 more distant on the heights are long ranges of 



