700 Tour through parts of Baloochisthan, in [No. 153. 



thirty Bampoor maunds of flour, one sheep and three maunds of ghee. 

 Deputy. When Mahommed Ally is absent from Bampoor, one of his 

 slaves and Meer Gazhee act for him. 



The fort of Bampoor is on an eminence, it is of mud, and the suburb 

 walls, which are insignificant, and those of the citadel, 140 paces. 

 The height of the latter wall is 15 guz and their thickness f 

 guz. The citadel is full of loop-holes. There are three small dismounted 

 guns. There is also a sally-port to the West, while the principal gate 

 of the fort is to the East. There are three wells, one without the 

 suburbs, another near the mosque at the S. E. angle of the fort, and a 

 third also in the suburbs, and a fourth in the citadel, the water of 

 which is brackish. 



From Bampoor to Gik is 40 kos, to Kassurkund and Ramiskh 6 



days' journey, to Sashu 2 days. There is a gun road, I was 



told, direct to Nurmashee, as follows : 1st stage, Chah-i-Besahib ; 



2nd, Chah-i-Talazore ; jackal well ; or 3rd Chah-i-Shor, or brackish 



well; 4th Warzeen; 5th Giranreg; 6th Ah-goum; 7th Narinasher. 



The animals of Bampoor are, first in number and consequence ; asses, 

 horses, camels, cattle, wool-goats, and sheep. 



The inhabitants build with date stem, and burn the jungle trees 

 and bark. The produce of the district consists of wheat, barley, beans, 

 ghee, wool, juwaree and dates in small quantity, of which the ghee 

 and wool are exported to the port of Chouhar, and the grain to Mukran, 

 where this year it was sold for treble its cost. 



There are 5 weavers, 2 shoemakers, 10 blacksmiths, and 3 car- 

 penters, but no traders, with the exception of one Hindoo, who 

 is the Khan's store-keeper, and trades with about 2,000 rupees on 

 his own account. There were formerly no less than 25 merchants 

 here. 



The cost of bringing merchandize from Chouhar to Bampoor is 10 

 rupees the candy, and no taxes are levied. 



There are no measures, nor hardly can there be said to be a money 



currency ; the maund equals our Company's seer, and the 



Currency. 



medium of value is either slaves or copper from Kirman and 

 not from Bombay, or grain. The Seetaramee ducat is valued at eight 

 nominal rupees, and Company's seer of copper at 4 rupees. When rupees 

 are found, they are of the coinage called Riali Futteh Aly Shaha. 



