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uiiliealtliy complexion. This was somewhat a 

 disappointment after the Meer's couleur-de-rose 

 description of his capital, both as regards pro- 

 ductions and climate. 



Amongst our other visitors was a very in- 

 telligent moonshee, who had just returned 

 from the Persian expedition, and was on his 

 way to see his family at Dejee Kot. Being 

 well acquainted with KhyrjDOor, we requested 

 him to accompany us in a ramble about the 

 town, and in our way gathered a good deal 

 of information. Khyrpoor, although it was 

 considered the capital of Upper Sindh, and the 

 seat of Government of one portion of the Tal- 

 poor family, must, in its best days, have been a 

 small and insignificant place ; albeit that seven- 

 teen Ameers, the sons and grandsons of His 

 Highness Meer Roostum, and his brother Meer 

 Moobarak Khan, resided there. The palace of 

 the sovereign is a mean building of one story, 

 containing at the end a large Dewan-i-Aum^ or 

 Hall of Audience, with private apartments be- 

 hind. The whole is in very dilapidated con- 

 dition, but coloured outside in a variety of 

 patterns, and erected on an elevated mound to 

 be out of reach of the inundation, which, when 



