276 TRAVEL, AD VENTURE, AND SPOET. 



AVhen we dined from home, that dog's face was cer- 

 tain to look in at the door, in order to see if we were 

 safe ; but an unconquerable aversion to society pre- 

 vented him from entering farther. We cannot al- 

 together ascribe to him the character which Byron 

 gave to his dog " strength without insolence, cour- 

 age without ferocity, and all the virtues of man 

 without his vices ; " but not even the large hound 

 who lies at our side, looking up with intelligent soft 

 brown eyes, as if he knew what we are writing 

 about, can altogether compensate for the loss of that 

 rough savage Kootch that 



" Poor dog, in life the firmest friend, 

 The first to welcome, foremost to defend ; 

 Whose honest heart was still his master's own, 

 Who labour'd, fought, breath'd, lived for him alone." 



Besides the Asiatics we have alluded to, there is 

 excellent opportunity in Sind for studying the Bra- 

 huis, who abound also in Beluchistan. They are 

 supposed to belong to the aborigines of Asia, to the 

 Yindhya race, which is to be found in the Deccan, 

 and of which Burton supposes there are traces even 

 in Arabia, Considerable doubt may easily be thrown 

 on this view; but suffice it here to note, that the 

 traveller may meet numbers of Brahuis without 

 venturing into or beyond the dangerous defiles of the 

 Hala. The lurjlahs bring over Arabs from Muscat 

 to Kurrachee, and Persians from the Gulf. Artisans 

 from Kutch and Guzerat are to be found in consider- 



