CONTENTS. 



and Criminal Justice at Khyrpoor — Tortures — lustauce 

 of Hote Singh's Barbarity — Police — Ordeal of Fire and 

 Water — "Wife Murder — Sale of "Wives — Highway Eoh- 

 bery — Pastoral Tribes — Camel Drivers of Sindh — Patri- 

 archal Character of the Beloochees — Bards and Minstrels 

 — Khyrpoor Prima Donna — Professional Dancers — Peers, 

 Seynds, &c. — Supposed Jewish Descent of Beloochees — 

 Meanis — Pulla Fishery ..... 35 



CHAPTER III. 



Hindoos in Sindh — Their Peculiar Customs — Indifference 

 in Matters of Caste and EeUgion — Petty Traders — The 

 Sindhi Language — Dialect of the Beloochees — KhjTpoor 

 Ai'tificers — CheUas — Meena — Manufacture of Arms at 

 Hyderabad — Sword of Timour — Division of Time — 

 Sindhian Eras — The Tear — The Seasons — Months, Weeks, 

 and Days — Minor Divisions — Indian Astronomical Year — 

 Khyrpoor Water- Clock — The Ghurryal — Mode of mark- 

 ing Time at Khyrpoor — Dejee Kot — Extraordinary Gun 

 — Its Inscription — Ali Moorad's Policy — Mutiny of the 

 Meer's Troops — Embargo on his Breakfast — The Hukeem 

 Emaum Ood Deen Khan — Anecdote of a Beloochee 

 Chief — Anecdote of the Eajah of AVunpurty — The Hu- 

 keem in London ....... 75 



CHAPTER lY. 



The Yillage of Dejee— The Meer's family— Their Primitive 

 Style of Living — The Meer's Bungalow at Dejee — His 

 Occupation during the Day — Training Hawks — Sim- 

 plicity of the Court — A Prince's Breakfast — Houses of 

 the Ameers — The Smaller Houses — Yentilators — House- 

 hold Utensils — Caussee — The Ali Surkars — The Post 

 Office — A Yoracious Calf — A Fleet of Invalids — Stolen 

 Watch — Excessive Heat — Birth of an Heir — Grand Eur 

 tertainment 118 



