CHAPTEE VII. 



A Belooch Official — Arrival at Khyrpoor— Mrs Gholaum Husseyn— 

 The Court of Khyrpoor — Meer Koostuni — Family Dissensions^ 

 Meer Ali Moorad — Disregard of Bcloochee Feudalism and Clan- 

 ship — Dilapidated Appearauce of Khyrpoor — The Bazaar — Nar- 

 row Streets — Military Establishment of the Meer — Method of 

 Firing a Salute — Meer Ali Moorad's Beturn from Europe — Re- 

 joicings on his Arrival — An Illumination — The Dobagha — Beg- 

 gars and Seyudnees — Fii'st Introduction into Sindhian Society — 

 Meer Khan Mahomed — A Sindliian Entertainment — Beloochce 

 Habits at Table — Camel Biding — Hawking — Hawks in Use with 

 the Sindhiaus —Sindhian Promises — A Swearing Official — The 

 Meer's Stud — Projected Improvements. 



The Meer having at length announced his 

 arrival in the neighbourhood of Khyrpoor, and 

 requested us to join him there, I sent instruc- 

 tions to his agent at Sukkur to provide us with 

 a DimcUj a large boat of the Indus, to take us 

 down the river to Nauchee, a favourite huntinir 

 spot of His Highness, where a large Landee, or 

 building of reeds, had been erected for his ac- 

 commodation. Tliere we found awaiting us 

 the Kardar, or head of the district of Bubburloo, 



