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invitation, and, accompanied by Mr Feeney, 

 started for Dejee by moonlight. We arrived 

 there just after sunrise, and found Meer Fyze 

 Mahomed and his elder brother about to take 

 their morning tea, a custom which they had 

 acquired from European friends, and were very 

 partial to. Having offered my congratulations 

 on the birth of his son, and swallowed a cup of 

 tea and a biscuit, I took possession of a charpoy, 

 and enjoyed a comfortable sleep for a couple of 

 hours, then washed and dressed in Sindh cos- 

 tume, viz. apyran or blouse of thin muslin, enor- 

 mously wide paejamas or continuations, and an 

 embroidered skull cap ; such being a very suit- 

 able dress for the climate during the hot season. 

 Indeed, I never felt heat equal to that of Suk- 

 kur in the month of May, a kind of dry burn- 

 ing heat like the heat of fever, without pro- 

 ducing perspiration or causing excessive thirst ; 

 and the town being built on rocks, which re- 

 tain the heat, the atmosphere never cools either 

 by night or day for months together. Khyr- 

 poor is, however, much cooler than Sukkur, 

 and especially at night. 



Having finished my toilet, my presence was re- 

 quested in the hall of audience, wliere I found as- 



