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Widows shave tlieir heads once only, and the 

 rite of Suttee appears unknown in Sindh. 



Both Sindhees and Beloochees are remarkable 

 for depreciating their own country. If lying, 

 cheating, or any other base act be laid to the 

 charge of one of them, the party who hears the 

 accusation at once remarks, " Oh, he is a Sind- 

 hee," as much as to say, What could you then 

 expect ? 



The natives of Sindh (according to an official 

 report) complain of the little countenance 

 afforded them by British functionaries, and their 

 general rejection when natives of India and 

 others, to them foreigners, are candidates for 

 employment. This is bad policy, as very 

 injurious to Sindh, for these persons remit their 

 savings to their families in India instead of 

 spending them in the province. 



It is to be regretted that the British Govern- 

 ment ever withdrew their Resident from Khyr- 

 poor, though one of our Residents was brought 

 into ill repute by the notorious intrigues of a 

 Mahomedan mistress and her son ; and if Khyr- 

 poor rumour be at all correct, she so bullied 

 the Meer that ho was absolutely afraid of her. 



