62 PASTORAL TRIBES. 



executed at Siikkur, wlien his followers dis- 

 persed. 



The principal of the cultivating and pastoral 

 classes in Sindli are the Jutts, who are supposed 

 to be the descendants of the aboriginal inhabit- 

 ants, who were forced to embrace Mahomedan- 

 ism. The Jutts are a hard-working race, who 

 support themselves by rearing camels, feeding 

 flocks, and cultivation. It is rare that a Jutt 

 ever rises to any distinction, and then it is only 

 as a cultivator and rearer of cattle. The Jutt 

 women are extremely good-looking, and no 

 less remarkable for theii' chastity and industri- 

 ous habits. The Khosas of Upper Sindh are 

 also a pastoral tribe, as are the Sumalis and 

 some others. 



The camel-drivers of Sindh are all Jutts ; 

 and these people, being thoroughly acquainted 

 with the ailments of the "ship of the desert," 

 are always consulted in regard to the health of 

 that most valuable but very delicate animal. 

 For my own part, however, when a camel gets 

 seriously sick, I give him up as what the 

 Americans would call '' a gone 'coon," for I 

 have had good experience of them in Indian 

 field service, and consider them exceedhigly 



