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and expense, and these 

 are primary considera- 

 tions with a Sindhi cul- 

 tivator. The season for 

 sowing is April, and the 

 crop is ready in August. 

 No cotton is exported 

 from the Meer's terri- 

 tory; though the prox- 

 imity of the Indus, and 

 the inland water-car- 

 riage afforded by the 

 Meerwa, render it easy 

 to convey any quantity 

 to Kotree at moderate 

 cost. The cotton grown 

 about Khyrpoor is used 

 alone for home con- 

 sumption ; and weaving 

 is carried on, but with- 

 out any appearance of 

 activity, in most of the 

 villages, and the cloth 

 manufactured is gener- 

 ally of a very coarse 

 description. 



