10 MEER ALI MOOEAD AT NAUCHEE. 



master, whom I have lost sight of through some 

 twenty pages or so. His Highness was de- 

 lighted with the Commissioner's cordiality at 

 their meeting, and on the following day re- 

 tm-ned the visit of that high functionary at 

 Sukkur ; immediately after which he took boat 

 and dropped down the river again to Nauchee, 

 where we remained several days, hog and 

 parah shooting on the island opposite, which is 

 one of the Meer's pet preserves. His Highness 

 then moved his camp in a southerly direction ; 

 and I, requesting leave of absence, returned 

 to Khyrpoor to prepare letters, both public and 

 private, for the next overland mail. In this, as 

 in most other matters, I found the Meer very 

 considerate and obliging. The old bungalow 

 of Meer Sohrab really too appeared quite com- 

 fortable, after roughing it in His Highness' 

 camp, and I quietly settled myself in my quar- 

 ters, awaiting the Meer's advent, which took 

 place a few days subsequently. 



On the day after his arrival preparations were 

 made for wild fowl shooting, and I assisted at a 

 battue such as I never saw before. About a mile 

 to the east of Khyrpoor is a lake, called the Kul- 

 loree, said to be about fifteen miles in circum- 



