28 CATTLE. 



The average quantity of land to each cultiva- 

 tor is about five acres. The quantity of land 

 under cultivation in the year of the census was 

 33,44,458 Beegas, giving a proportion of two 

 Beegas, or one acre, to each head of the popula- 

 tion. There are 223 towns and 6170 villages 

 in the province of Sindh, exclusive of His High- 

 ness Meer Ali Moorad's territory. 



The number of beasts of burden in the pro- 

 vince is estimated at 585,916, viz. camels, horses, 

 mules and asses, liullocks and buffaloes, which 

 gives one animal to every 28 of the poj^ulation. 

 Cows and milcli buffaloes are estimated at 

 8,44,938 head, and sheep and goats 13,76,933, 

 giving one of the former to each, and five of the 

 latter to ever}^ four of the population. Ele- 

 phants, as I have before observed, are seldom 

 seen in Sindh, as the climate does not agree with 

 them. Carts too are but little used, except in the 

 large towns and in Upper Sindh, as the roads of 

 Lower Sindh generally are unsuitable to them. 



Each well requires four pairs of bullocks for 

 purposes of cultivation, the average price of 

 each pair being from 30 to 40 rupees. In 

 LoAver Sindh a camel is generally employed at 

 this work instead of a pair of bullocks. Irriga- 



