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of the most striking and, I think I may say, handsome of all races. 
A remarkably showy oriental dress, setting off a complexion almost 
European, no doubt goes for something ; but still the people themselves 
are very remarkable. Far from the dingy old-clo’ looking complexion 
which we are apt to associate with European Jews, their complexion 
is the most bright and transparent looking to be seen anywhere, and 
the blood seems quite to over-master the faint tinge of olive in their 
skins. The features are large and prominent, almost to excess, and 
their forms tall and goodly. I believe that these people are all 
connected with the Persian Gulf, and that they derive their blood 
from thence. After Mr. Palgrave’s description of the true Arab 
physique, one may well believe that their traits are really rather 
Persian than Semitic. 
Tuer ScInDEEs. 
T have already noticed the people of Upper Scinde. The people 
and language properly called ‘Scindee’ are almost confined to the 
lower part of the Province, andI have reserved them to be classed 
among the Borderers, because they are not altogether an extension of 
any of the Indian Arians of whom I have treated, but a composite 
race largely influenced by other elements. The Arabs seem to have 
conquered Scinde some centuries before India at large was overrun 
by Mahomedans of other races; and at this day there is both much 
Arabic in the Scindee language, and probably a good deal of Arab 
blood in the Scindee people. There is also probably some Persian, some 
Hindu, and perhaps some aboriginal Koolee blood. In short both 
the people and the language are altogether composite. The amal- 
gamation does not seem to have had the good industrial result shown 
in the Moplahs and Borahs. The Scindees are described as well 
grown and rolust, but dark in skin, debased in morals, and idle. The 
Delta and the country of the Lower Indus seem to be very ill and 
insufficiently cultivated ; and the people are given to hunting, fishing, 
and pastoral pursuits quite as much as to cultivation. 
Tur BeLocuess. 
IT have not alluded to the Belochees as an element in making up the 
Scindees, because it would seem as if the Belochees themselves were a 
