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but now that he was once more in Sindh, he 

 resumed his Belooch habits, especially that one 

 which Don Quixote exhorted Sancho Panza to 

 forego, on taking charge of his Government. 

 His Highness joining after breakfast in those 

 salvos, which, however, unmelodious to English 

 ears, and incompatible with English ideas of 

 breeding, are very differently looked on by 

 Orientals, and are indulged in accordingly, 

 especially after a hearty breakfast, each indi- 

 vidual in the same breath uttering the ejacula- 

 tion of " Ul-humd-o-lillah" Thanks be to God, in 

 token of the satisfaction that he experienced. 

 After breakfast the Meer gave audience to some 

 of his principal officers, and then summoned his 

 musicians, who had recently arrived from Bom- 

 bay, to delight his friends mth their enchanting 

 strains. His Highness afterwards retired to his 

 private tent to enjoy his midday slumber, and 

 we returned to our bungalow. In the afternoon 

 we attended the Meer out hawking, and very 

 good sport we had at partridge, plover, and 

 curlews, the common green plover, or peewit, 

 affording better sport than the other birds. On 

 this occasion I was mounted on one of the 

 Meer's best riding-camels, the pace of which I 



