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is fine running water, but the chief part of the cultivation depends on 

 the rain. A transit duty is levied here of 1 anna on each load, and 

 supplies are plentiful and cheap. For instance, a fowl for 1 Kurreem 

 Khanee rupee, or 2 annas ; a sheep for 1 rupee Kashonee, or 14 annas ; 

 and a seer of ghee for 6 annas. At this place the road to Kachee, through 

 the Moora Pass, separates. The governor, or Joe Nishein of Suhrab, is 

 Taj Mahommed, an hereditary slave of Mehrab Khan's, being at the 

 same time a nephew of the Khan's grandmother Beebee Khatijah, who 

 was a slave girl of Meer Nusseer Khan. The government of each 

 district is vested in a naib or deputy, who has a Joe Nishein, or in- 

 tendant, under him for every town of his collectorship. 



From Suhrab to Gidaris 8 coss, general direction south, a gun road, 

 the precincts of which are cultivated when there is rain. At 

 5 coss a little to the left of the road is a well which is the 

 only water to be had in the stage. There is running water at this 

 place from a karez, and to the north of the fort are mulberry and 

 apricot trees. There are not more than 30 houses in the fort of 

 Rodeenee Brahoees, under one Chattoo, who are at present at enmity 

 with the Mahommed Hosainee Brahoees. The fort is a small insigni- 

 ficant one, like most forts in Baloochisthan, being about 80 yards in 

 circumference, and therefore only deserving the name of a watch 

 tower ; indeed they are only built for musquetry war. The ryots pay 

 to Mehrab Khan " uchi," or a tithe of their produce, which varies 

 according to the rain. 



Here I parted with the Shahghasee, who was going direct to Panj- 

 goor via Mashkai, and giving me much advice in charge to my friend 

 Mulla Haibol Kashanee of Panjgoor ; made up my mind to go by the 

 short cut to Kharan, and put up for the night at the khel of Baiee 

 Khan, chief of the Sumalodeg Brahoees to the west of the Gidar plain ; 

 he was an old acquaintance of mine, and therfore received me kind- 

 ly. These Brahoees are not at all strict with regard to their females, 

 and will give a stranger a bed in the family gidon, or goat-hair tent, even 

 pressing him, in case he should not have lost his fcharasan, modesty. 



From this khel I next morning hired a guide for half jorees or 



pieces of coarse cottonc loth, and borrowed a riding 



camel from the Khan. Towards evening I arrived 



at the top of the Koh-i-Nirvisht over an infamous road, hav- 



