1 SINDE. 225
2 Hyderabad, the residence of the principal Ameers 20,000! = ' Burnes, til. 297,
3 Shikarpoor oe ee aes Ste --- 80,0002 7 Postans, 19.
4 Khyerpoor aes aes = ees eee 15,0003 —? Burnes, iil, 227,
5 Kurrachee “ss bee see ae wee 15,0004 * 1a. tb.; Pott.
6 Tatts ck. hac, hes “oe, Auer wae 19,0008 “POO
7 Meerpoor ... be eas ewe Ses .-- 10,0006 * Burnes, iil. 227.
8 Halla tee eee re tie ade we» *10,0007 7 Burnes, ii, 227,
9 Larkhana ... ae se ses ies .- 10,0008 rai. -
10 Roree .. eee tee ween 80009 PTA. ttt, 272,
11 Alla yar ka tanda he eet ie wee 5,000! = "Id. iil. 227,
12 Subzulcote Ass ude dost, ° dae ze 50002 7 Ta. tb,
13 Sukkur 6.00 eee wee ace wee 44,0008 a. tH. 72.
14 Muttaree ... wae aes vis wis we = 0004 = 4 Id. iit. 227,
15 Beyant ... aes wee ave: one we. = 22,0005 = Ia. tii. 268.
16 Majinda ... 08 nee es See wee = 2,0008 =F Id. ib.
17 Sehwan ... ess bss 3) S33 se» 22,0007 = 7 Burnes, Pers.
18 Sunn... ~ Ss w 2,0008 Saran pokh,
19 The population is in eaneeal most dense ae a distance of two or Mil. 264.
20 more miles from the banks of the Indus, as the lands may there
21 have the advantage of irrigation without the dangers incurred by
22 nearer proximity to the stream. The immediate banks? are in ° Wood. Oxus, 45;
23 Burnes’ Bokh.
24 general overrun with jungle, and deserted, except during the jii.oss; atac-
25 fishing season, when they are frequented by busy crowds, The mundo, 242
26 total population of Sinde is stated by Burnes at 1,000,000, or
27 something more than sixteen to the square mile: an estimate
28 which, when the great extent of arid desert and the general im-
29 perfect cultivation are considered, seems too high.
30 The relations of the British government with Sinde were at
31 no time very close or very friendly. It was always characterized
32 by coldness and suspicion on the part of the Sindian authorities,
33 and sometimes by stronger marks of dislike. The agents of the
34 East-India Company resorted thither for the purposes of trade,
35 but early in the present century the commercial resident of the
36 Company was violently expelled, and a large amount of property
37 in his custody seized. According to Pottinger,! an attempt was ' Belooch. 492.
38 made to murder the resident. That author deems it matter for
39 regret that on that occasion the Ameers were not ‘ made to feel
40 * Yet Burnes (iii. 264) states the population at 2,000!
41 + Probably the Becah in the alphabetical arrangement of the present
42 work,
43 VOL. II. a