290 chapman's report. 



approximation may be deduced from them upon 

 which an estimate of the probable amount of 

 traffic may be based. 



These returns are taken at fom' places on 

 the high road between Kurrachee and Hyder- 

 abad : two of these, that is, those at Gharra and 

 Tatta, the central stations, cannot clearly be 

 taken as representing the through traffic, on 

 account of the registers at Jemedar Jce LancU 

 and Jerruck, the outer stations, showing a great 

 decrease in almost every item. The great 

 difference observable may be accounted for, in 

 the instance of Tatta, by its being a large city, 

 and consequently subject to great local move- 

 ment ; and in the case of Gharra, by a much 

 frequented cross communication from the Sakra 

 Pergunna passing through it, as well as from 

 its neighbourhood being a favomite grazing 

 ground for camels, of which animals a large 

 number is shown in its register. 



To assume the returns of Jemedar Jce Landi^ 

 would be to suppose that everything passing 

 through that place continued on to Kotree, 

 which would manifestly lead to error. 



The mean between the returns of Jemedar ke 

 Landi and Jerruck must therefore be taken to 



