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SCI 



: li'. SCII.LY I-.TKS. Tlie hame of a group of island* 



W~ ^fc^ sitc.r. I about thirty miles to the wet of the extn mity 



of Cornwall, called the Land's End. Tiny are visible 



in .tlier IV.. in tin-, point, and appear like rug- 



-ing out of the Atlantic. 



distance of fourteen leagues, they may be reached in 

 favourable weather in lour or five hours. 



The inhabited Mauds are six in number, viz. .Si. 

 Murk's, Tn.-scc.ir, .SV. Martin's, Si. A^ne*, Sam]i <>n 

 and llrthar. 



Mun/x island, which u the largest and tlie bt-t 

 cultivated of the group, is about ten miles in circuit. 

 The principal place is Xewtown or lieughtown, the 

 capital <<f the Scilly Isles. It coiiii-ts of a long street 

 intersected by two shorter ones. The pier built by 

 Lord Qodolphiq in 17^0, is at the west end of the 

 town : It is !-.'>() feet long, and receives vessels of J.">t) 

 tons. The chief buildings are the church about a mile 

 from the town, a custom-house, a council-house, and a 

 prison. In the vicinity are the ruins of a fortress 

 with a moat, and of several blockhouses and batterie?. 

 About a mile and a half from the new town is the old 

 town, once the principal place in the island. Vestiges 

 of its castle still remain. Near Giant's Castle Hay, are 

 several rocking stones about twenty feet long. Church- 

 towii is the third town in the island. 



Tri'scaiv, the second island in point of size, is about 

 half the size of St. Mary's, and lies to the south-west 

 of it. Di'lpliin, the chief place, has a church and about 

 thirty hcr.i-es. The principal harbours are those of 

 Old and New Grimsby. Cromwell's castle, now in de- 

 cay, stands on the east side of New Grimsby harbour. 

 The island contains about 46'5 inhabitants. 



St. Men-tin's, & little smaller than Trescaw, is about 

 a mile to the east of it. It is about six miles in circuit, 

 and contains about 720 acres. It was uninhabited 

 about 150 years ago, but has now a population of 235 

 persons. 



Si. Agnes is situated about three miles south-west of 

 Heughtown, and is about four miles in circumference. 

 Here there is a singular rock called the Giant's Punch 

 Bowl, which has an excavation in its upper surface, 

 seven feet wide and three feet deep. The lighthouse, 

 which stands on a lofty eminence, is a stone building 

 seventy. two feet high. This island has 241 inhabi- 

 tants. 



Brehar or Breyer lies to the west of Trescaw, and 

 contains 1 1 1 inhabitants. It is very mountainous, and 

 contains many small burrows, and one large circular 

 one of stone, which is seventy-seven feet in diameter, 

 containing many kistvaens or stone cells. 



Sampson is composed of two circular hills united by 

 a low rocky ledge. On the top of one of them are 

 eleven stone burrows, and on the other, various ruins of 

 houses, &c. The inhabitants are thirty- two in number. 



The climate of the Scilly Isles is mild and salubri- 

 ous. Wheat is grown, but in less quantity than bar- 

 ley. The horses and cattle are small, and sheep and 

 rabbits abound. 



The civil concerns of the islands are chiefly managed 

 by twelve of the principal inhabitants, who meet at 

 Heughtown every month and settle differences by 

 compromise. Criminal causes are referred to the mili. 

 tary power. The inhabitants are employed principally 

 in husbandry, fishing, and making kelp. The total 

 population of the island is about 2000. See the 

 Beauties nf England and Wales, Vol. II. p. 17 1). 



'in, an extensive country in 



Hindotan. situated bciw<cn 1*3* and *7* of North 

 Lttt. and til" nnd 7 > . i bounded on 



iu h ati'l the Indian Ocean, on the ea*t 

 by the provinces of Marwar, Joudpore, and Jewel. 

 . on tlu- north by lilutkor, Moulun. and the 

 territory of the King of Cabul. and on the wet by 

 Mekrun and the mountains oi lialuuchiitan. '1 

 du, \viiu !i ; rig bratichei ti 



country, form* a delta stretching about 100 mile* along 

 the eakt coast. !us join* the Punjab a few 



mile* *ouih-wrnt of ( h sepoor in North LM. Jo 21', 

 innl l'.n*i Liin^'. (.;/ 5j'. These united stream 

 turn towards the west. After throwing ut many 

 branches, the chief stream, about fifteen miles below 

 Shikarpoor, divides into two ; the largest of which 

 pursues its course as far as Sebwaun, where it again 

 turns to the east; and after bending again to the 

 it throws itself into the sea at Lihery Bunder in North 

 Lat. 24 22', and (i; -t Long. 



Tin's branch is navigable for large vessels about 

 three days journey up from Lahery Bunder, viz. to 

 D ha raja Bunder, where the goods are unloaded and 

 put on board flat-bottomed boats, which proceed as far 

 up as Moultan and Lahore. The most eastern branch 

 of the river, which is called the Nulla Suncra, is said 

 to be about a degree distant from the main stream in 

 the parallel of Hydrabad. It formerly threw itself 

 into the sea at Lukput Bunder, but is now said to lose 

 itself in the sand. About twelve miles to the north of 

 Hydrabad the Fuloolee branch separates from the 

 main stream, but is again connected with it by an ar- 

 tificial cut about twenty miles below that city. Tin's 

 cut is seven miles lor.g, and the part of the waters 

 which does not flow through it into the principal 

 stream of the Indus, falls into the sea at Lukput Bun- 

 der, under the name of Goonee. This branch has begun 

 to be obstructed by shoals at Ali Bunder in Xorth 

 Lat. 24 25', and will likely be lost in the sands. 



The principal stream of tlie Indus is said to be in 

 general about a mile broad, and to vary in depth from 

 two to five fathoms. The swelling of the river, arising, 

 from the melting of the snow in the Kashmcre moun- 

 tains, begins early in July, and continues till the end 

 of August. 



This province is about 300 miles long, and at an 

 average about 80 miles broad. The part which lies to 

 the westward of the limits where the monsoon ceases, 

 is, from the want of moisture, utterly barren and un- 

 productive. To the east of the meridian of 67 3 40', the 

 land near the Indus is capable of the highest improve- 

 ment ; and the banks of the river, from being annually 

 overflowed, equal in fertility and richness the borders 

 of the Nile. The country is in general in a state of 

 culture for about thirty -five miles on each side of the 

 river, but to the northward of Tatta and even 

 Sehwaun, the country is mountainous, poorer, and 

 thinly inhabited. 



The land on the banks of the river is irrigaU 

 means of canals and drains, from which the water is 

 oi'ten raised to the requisite level by means of wheels. 

 One wheel is capable of watering sixteen beegahs of 

 land, and every beeg&h thus watered, pays a revenue 

 of from l to 3^ rupees to the government. A tax of 

 one rupee is likewise levied upon every khunwar 

 (eighty pounds) of grain produced by the farmer. 

 The grains and other seeds are raised during the swell- 



