200 A BELOOCH OFFICIAL. 



tlie frontier town in Meer AH Moorad's terri- 

 tory, who had horses in readiness for our use, 

 and asses to convey our baggage. This worthy 

 Kardar was the first specimen I had seen of a 

 Belooch official, and a very favourable specimen 

 he was ; being a large, good-looking man, 

 abounding in beard, with black curling locks 

 down to his shoulders. The weather being 

 cold, he wore an Afghan poshteen, or coat of 

 skin, with the fur side inwards, and handsomely 

 embroidered without, his costume being com- 

 pleted with long buff leather boots, likewise 

 embroidered. The Kardar' s manners were very 

 frank and pleasing, and he appeared anxious to 

 afford us every accommodation in his power. 

 At about 4 p. m. we mounted our horses, the 

 common yaboos of the country, and cantered 

 across the cultivated ground, till we got into 

 the high road from Roree to Hyderabad, which 

 runs nearly parallel to the river, and was 

 marked out and measured by order of Sir 

 Charles Napier. Passing some most productive- 

 looking land, and other which appeared as if 

 snow had lately fallen on it, from the crust of 

 saltpetre which covered the surface, we passed 

 the flourishing village of Th^rie, and soon after 



