674 Tour through parts of Baloochistlian, in QNo. 153. 



A transit duty is levied here of 1 jooree or piece of coarse cotton 



Duty. cloth per load, and a tax is levied of 2 joorees on every 

 camel purchased in the district, of which there are a great number, 

 and 1 Rupee Kashanee on every load of grain. 



The buildings and firewood are both from the gaz or tamarisk. 



The productions of Kharan are wheat and barley, which are reaped 



«, , . in the beginning of June ; juwaree, which is reaped in the 

 Productions. & & J r 



middle of August ; wool and ghee which are procurable 



chiefly in the latter end of May. The grain is exported both to Kalat 



and Panjgoor. 



Ready money is scarcely known ; every thing is bartered, and 

 from cloth is the only approximation to a common standard of 

 value. 



In Kharan there are five or six ironsmiths and one Hindoo, whose 



Artisans, capital does not exceed 1,000 rupees,— a large one for 

 Balochisthan, however ; there are many carpenters, and in Kalag there 

 are 60 weavers. 



The kasa of this place is a measure weighing 2-4 Company's seer, 

 Measure and an( j th e maunc l i s somewhat more than 2 seers. 



Weight. 



The imports to Kharan are joree cloth, suparee, telee, khesh and the 

 Imports. other Shikarpoor cloth. Articles to a small amount, 

 adequate to the consumption of the district alone, as Kharan is not a 

 bunder or central mart. 



The best season for a merchant to arrive at Kharan is at japab, or 

 spring, harvest time. The hire of a camel from Kalat is 5 Kashanee 

 Camel hire, rupees, and from Gwodar 10 rupees. This year great 

 profit was made by the export of grain to Panjgoor and Mukran, 

 where there is still a great dearth. 



I remained five days at Kharan, and in the sixth I took my leave 



of the Khan, when I presented him with a vial of attar 



Leave. 



and an ivory fine tooth comb, which latter called forth 



great admiration, and of course intended for the mistress, whose favor 



. • a ver Y of ten leads to the esteem of the master of the house, 



Female influ- ' 



ence. although the lordly Mahomedan would not like to con- 



fess such influence even to himself. I also to day hired a riding camel 

 to take me as far as the next stage for 3 joorees. On the 13th October 

 1838, being the 12th day after leaving Kalat, I left Kharan, and pro- 



