CHAPTER III. 



Hindoos in Sindli — Their Peculiar Customs — IndifTerence in Mat- 

 ters of Caste and Religion — Petty Traders — The Sindhi Language 

 — Dialect of the Beloochees — Khyrpoor Artificers — Chellas — 

 JMceua — Manufacture of Arms at Hyderabad — Sword of Timour 

 — Division of Time — Sindhian Eras — The Year — The Seasons — • 

 Months, Weeks, and Days — Minor Divisions — Indian Astronom- 

 ical Year — Khyrpoor Water-Clock — The Ghurryal — Mode of 

 marking Time at Khyrpoor — Dejee Kot — Extraordinary Gun — 

 Its Inscription — Ali Moorad's Policy — Mutiny of the Meer's 

 Troops — Embargo on his Breakfast — The Hukeem Emaum Ood 

 Deen Khan — Anecdote of a Beloochee Chief — Anecdote of the 

 Rajah of Wunpurty — The Hukeem in London. 



The Hindoos in Sindh are emigrants, or 

 the descendants of emigrants, from Mooltan and 

 other comitries to the north, and are divided 

 into two classes, the Lohanas and the Bhatias. 

 With trifling exceptions the entire trade of 

 Sindh is in the hands of tlic Hindoos, who 

 make enormous smns by renting the revenues 

 of the country. At least, such was the practice 

 in the time of the Ameers ; and such is still 



