300 MODE OF PAYING LABOURERS. 



merous water-courses, carts are but little used, 

 and the camel is universally the beast of burden 

 and drawer of water. The Sindh plough is as 

 rudely formed an instrument as can well be 

 conceived. It consists of one rough-hewn pole, 

 slightly pointed with iron, drawn by a camel 

 or two bullocks, and held by one hand. The 

 whole apparatus is very light, and does little 

 more than scratch the surface, after the ground 

 has been well saturated. The seed having 

 been sown, a harrow consisting of a rough 

 beam of heavy wood is dragged over it. In 

 course of the season the grain is weeded with a 

 small spud called a gunibo. 



Agricultural labourers are paid at harvest 

 time by a proportion of the produce ; indeed, all 

 Meer Ali Moorad's servants are paid partly in 

 produce. 



The Sindhees go out to field-labour at sunrise 

 and work till noon, when the women take them 

 their food and return to prepare the evening 

 meal. They also take their share in field-la- 

 bour, such as picking cotton, gleaning, &c. 

 In the evening families sit in conversation until 

 they retire to rest. Beyond an occasional 



