76 THE LOHANO CASTE. 



the practice in the Khyrpoor territory, where 

 the necessities of the sovereign ever compel him 

 to forestal his revenues. The renters of them 

 of course make a good thing of their bargain, 

 as the Meer will consent to any sacrifice as a 

 means of present gratification ; for the present is 

 all that Mahomedan princes attend to, and the 

 consequence is that they are always in im- 

 poverished circumstances. In former times, 

 when all Sindh was under the Ameers, the poor 

 Sahocars used to be awfully squeezed by them ; 

 yet even then they made their calculations 

 accordingly, and managed to accumulate riches. 

 Now the case is altered, for though His Highness 

 Meer Ali Moorad would very gladly extract 

 some of his Hindoo subjects' rupees from their 

 rigidly-closed money-bags, he very well knows 

 that any act of violence would prejudice his 

 own interests. 



The Memuns are said to be Hindoos from 

 Cutchee, who became Mahomedans, and im- 

 migrated into Sindh ; they are a people deserved- 

 ly respected. The Lohano caste of Hindoos 

 are divided into two great classes, according 

 to their several occupations. 



1. The Amils, or Government servants. 



