44 Report on Upper Sindh, tyc. [No. 133. 



poplar, willow, may, &c. The fruits though good, are not equal to 

 those of Candahar and Cabool. 



Minerals. Iron is found in some parts of the district. 

 The chief agricultural produce is wheat, barley, mukah, (or 

 Agriculture. Indian corn,) rice, peas, lucerne, mujeed, (or mad- 

 der,) carrots, baugluns, spinnage, cucumbers, pumpkins and melons. 



Im cukr tSOfAgri " Common small Indian plough, spade, and hoe. 

 No wheeled carriages. 

 Manure. Dung of cattle, burnt stubble, and black earth from the town. 

 Good sized bullocks for carriage and draught, camels, and sheep in 

 Domestic Animals, abundance. 



It produces madder, wool, carpets, blankets, and numdars or felts; 

 Commerce and madder and wool are the only two articles export- 

 Manufactures. e( ^ an( j those inconsiderably in consequence of the 



great consumption in the country, their habitations being chiefly also 

 of blanket ; thin grain-bags and tapes are made from the wool, the 

 staple of which is eight inches, but coarse. The whole of the inhabi- 

 tants are clothed in numdah cloaks, &c. The revenue of Shawl at 

 present, does not exceed 24,000 Rupees per annum. 



Various Routes in Scinde from official documents from Bombay, of 



March 1840, communicated by the Government of India. 



Route from Sehwan to Kurrachee direct, Quarter Master General's 



Office, Camp Kurrachee, \1th February, 1840. 



Sehwan to Roree, eleven miles and half a furlong. From the gardens 



Tarrae a middling south of the town, near the river, two small chop- 



W g a e ni\ P Tua d rte a J P ered vilIa § es > w *h some cultivation and three 



Ba'ar and Jaipur' wells ; a nul,a n was found with a good supply of 



three large villages, water, about one mile on the S. W. of the village. A 



from two to three 



miles distant, on the small stream runs through Aree Peer, about a 

 "memileTfromSeh- m ^ e and a quarter to the westward, and a good 



b^SS ™tS!! su pp'y of water alwa y* to be f ™ nd »™ ™ie to- 

 above Aree Peer, t h er , in the same direction, in the bed of the river : 



also kurby to pur- ' ' 



chase. the road is very good over a level plain. 



