46 HINDOO AND MAHOMED AN WOMEN. 



Sindli arc a very acute and enterprising race ; 

 and, as I have before said, tlie merchants 

 of Shikarpoor wander all over Central Asia, 

 so that it is a common saying in Afghan- 

 istan, that '^ you everywhere meet with a Jat 

 and a Kerar," or Sindee Bunyah. The Hindoo 

 females of Sindh generally, and those of 

 Shikarpoor in particular, are said to be fond 

 of intrigue, especially among their own people, 

 but they rarely become so depraved as the 

 Mahomedan women, who appear to consider 

 the calling of a Kushee rather respectable than 

 otherwise. The reason of this superiority in 

 the Hindoo over the Moosulmaun is stated to be, 

 that he exercises a stricter surveillance over his 

 females and seldom drinks Blmng himself It 

 is not considered respectable for either Hindoos 

 or Moosulmauns to take their wives with them 

 on their travels to foreign countries, and thougli 

 they usually leave them under charge of 

 relations and friends, the husband's honour 

 occasionally suffers in his absence. 



The Hindoos in Sindh, except religious 

 mendicants and children who have not cut 

 their teeth, all burn the bodies of their dead. 



