1 214 — SINDE.
2 small, as they are for the most part very poor, and their habits very
3 simple. The state of manufacturing industry is generally rude,
4 and few articles are produced suited for exportation. The pea-
5 santry of the delta manufacture a few coarse cloths and felts from
6 7 De La Hoste, the hair and wool of their flocks and herds, and mats? of reeds,
7 Rep of CouattY sedge, straw, and grass, for constructing their moveable houses.
8 between Kurra-
9 cheeand Schwan, At Hyderabad, the fabrication of swords,® spears, fire-arms, and
10 908; Burnes, fil.
11 251. other arms, offensive and defensive, has been greatly encouraged
12 8 Pott. 370, 372; : . .
13 Leech, on Sind.’ DY the Ameers, and in consequence is carried to a degree of per-
14 Anny, 67. fection surprising among a people in general so unskilled.
15 Weaving and embroidery are also skilfully conducted there.
16 9 Westmacott, Paper® is manufactured to some extent, and of good quality, at
17 Per ike Roree, Shikarpoor, Larkhana, and some other towns. Tanning!
18 is successfully carried on, especially at Larkhana, where excel-
19 lent shoes, sword-belts, and leather water-bags are made. ‘The
20 bark used is generally that of the acacia. Potteries are universally
21 diffused, and the ware produced, though not in general distin-
22 guished by elegance, is sound and strong, the clay being of ex-
23 * Wood, Oxus, 87. cellent quality. The pottery ? of Halla forms an exception to the
24 usual style, being remarkable for tasteful shape and colouring.
25 The Belooches of Sinde, instead of turbans, wear caps, like high-
26 crowned hats without a brim, and these are manufactured in
27 great quantities, and in a handsome style, of cotton, silk, and
28 2 Burnes, onthe wool. The manufacture of woollens? is both trifling and unskilful,
29 iena oe THY" though the Sindians have wool in abundance, and much admire
30 British woollen cloths, which, however, they are in general too
31 poor to purchase. Gunpowder is manufactured in most towns.
32 Mest = Silk goods are fabricated at Tatta,4 Roree, Khyerpoor, and
33 11; Westmacott, Shikarpoor, the raw material being principally obtained from
34 ee Persia and Central Asia. Tatta also manufactures loongees, or
35 rich narrow cloths of silk and cotton, sometimes intermixed with
36 golden thread, and embroidered. Loongees of a coarser de-
37 scription are made at Raneepoor, and some other towns in
38 the vicinity of Khyerpoor. Coarse cottons are produced at
39 Tatta, Khyerpoor, and the neighbouring towns, Muttaree, Lar-
40 $ Postans, Siker- Khana, Shikarpoor,® and, indeed, at most towns; but this branch
41 pore, 19. of manufacture has been impaired by the importation of cheaper
42 and handsomer fabrics from Hindostan and Britain. Dyeing is
43 5 Mobun Lal, on an extensive branch of manufacture, the principal dyes being in-
44 Oi ae digo, madder, and sakur, which last some describe as a knot ®
45 poor, 87. :