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occurred, and some of the inliabitants tlien fled 

 for safety to Lookman-ka Tanda, a fine village 

 situated upon elevated ground on the high road 

 from Hyderabad to Eoree. It was indeed ru- 

 moured when I Avas at Khyrpoor that this 

 would ere long become the capital ; and I think 

 it by no means improbable, as there is every 

 chance of Khyrpoor being swept away in some 

 outburst of the Kulloree, unless the most in- 

 fluential and wealthy men press the Meer 

 to have the Bund so effectually repaired as 

 to place the city beyond the pale of danger. 

 This too can only be effected at a large 

 expense ; but if the parties whose valuable 

 property is thus imperilled will not con- 

 tribute thereto, they deserve to have it de- 

 stroyed. Should such a deluge as I antici- 

 pate, moreover, occur during the night, great 

 loss of life may be anticipated, both by drown- 

 ing and the fall of walls, many of those at 

 Khyrpoor being in so tumble-down a state 

 that the slightest softening of their founda- 

 tions would bring down the whole. Indeed, 

 on the above occasion a wall near the gate- 

 way of Meer Jehan Mahomed's house gave 

 way during the night, and in its fall crushed 



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