158 VISIT TO A PARSEE MERCHANT. 



or midwiv^es, wlio are so expert in their crimi- 

 nal art, as to destroy the foetus in any stage of 

 pregnancy, without much danger to the mother. 

 Offences against morality are punished by the 

 magistrate whenever brought to notice. Wear- 

 ing arms is prohibited to all except Government 

 officials and police, unless by permission of the 

 magistrate, or captain, or lieutenant of police. 

 And here I drop the subject of civil and criminal 

 justice in Sindh, which my lady readers will be 

 sure to skip as far too dry for their perusal. 



At length we were disturbed in our posses- 

 sion of the Traveller's Bungalow, by an invita- 

 tion to vacate it on the following morning in 

 favour of some married officers of the 16th 

 Native Infantry, which corps was expected 

 from Shikarpoor on the following day ; so we 

 paid Limjee, the Parsee merchant, a visit, know- 

 ing that he had several vacant houses, each, 

 perhaps, a trifle more ruinous and dirty than 

 the others, at least, so it seemed after looking 

 at half a dozen ; but we at last fixed on a small 

 octagon bungalow, on an elevated height not 

 very far from Mahomud Masum's Pillar, and 

 therein we established ourselves, as well as cir- 

 cumstances would permit, managing to keep 



