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2 CHAP. VI.
3 UPPER SIND, MOULTAN, LYA, &C.
4 SHIKARPOOR is bounded fay the Indus, and the Beloche ooan-
5 try on the east and west} on the north it has the AlozaureeSy
6 and Sind on the MUth. The pnyvince is fertile towards the Lidus^
7 but dry and barren at a difltance from that river. The town is of
8 considerable size ; it is siirroundetl by a mud wall, but has no ditch.
9 The inhabitants are almost all Hindoos. They are called Shikar-
10 poorer, and speak a particular dialect of Hindostanee, called bv their
11 name. There are many weaUhy hankers iu the town, and a consider-
12 able traile is kept up witli ilie Rajpoot country, Sind, Candahar, and
13 Pcshawer. Shikarpooree bankers are to be found in every part of
14 the Doorauuee dominions, and in all the towns of Tootkbfsun. Hiere
15 are very few A^j^uuins (not above two hundred) aettled in die town
16 of Shikaipoor. • The inhabitanta of the eountxy are Jnt% Bek)dMS| '
17 and » &m Sindeaa. ...
18 • Hie xeraue paid to the King» is tfaiee lades of mpeea. The
19 ly^ilfiin Iseeps up very few troops.
20 The lenuskaUe fofft of Bukkux^ situatedon an island in the In<hia>
21 bclonirs to this pBOvinoe, but has a separate governor.
22 The Mozaurees who live to the north of Shikarpoor, are a tribe of
23 Beloches, I believe of the Rind division. They inhabit a woodv
24 and ill-cukivatod country. They live almost in a state of anarchyj
25 and have made themselves notorious for their Tobberies on ttie high-
26 way > tor their piracies on the Indus, :ind ibx their predatory incur-
27 sions into the country of their nei^bours.
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