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52 CONGRATULATIONS FROM KHYRPOOR. chap. III.
Tukkee Shah, the mihmandar. When the men
heard that they were to be remunerated for their
trouble, they came of their own accord before we
sailed. Every thing in Sinde being effected by
force under despotism, the watermen of Sehwun
fled the town, or took up their abode in the sanc-
tuary, when they saw the "jumtee" approach, be-
lieving, as usual, that services would be required of
them gratuitously.
On the day after quitting Sehwun, we were met
by Mahommed Gohur, a Belooche chief, and a
party, the confidential agents of Meer Roostum
Khan, the Ameer of Khyrpoor, who had been sent
to the frontier, a distance of eighty miles, to con-
gratulate us on our arrival, and declare their master's
devotion to the British Government. We hardly ex-
pected such a mark of attention in Sinde, and were
therefore gratified. The deputation brought an abun-
dant supply of sheep, flour, fruit, spices, sugar, butter,
ghee, tobacco, opium, &c. &c, on which our people
feasted. Sheep were slain and cooked ; rice and
ghee were soon converted into savoury viands; and
I believe all parties thanked Meer Roostum Khan
as heartily as we did, nor did I imagine that this
was but the commencement of a round of feasting
which was daily repeated so long as we were in his
country, a period of three weeks. Mahommed
Gohur was a decrepit old man, with a red beard.
He wore a very handsome loongee round his waist.
He did not recover from his surprise throughout
the interview, for he had never before seen an
European.
Tukkee Shah, the mihmandar. When the men
heard that they were to be remunerated for their
trouble, they came of their own accord before we
sailed. Every thing in Sinde being effected by
force under despotism, the watermen of Sehwun
fled the town, or took up their abode in the sanc-
tuary, when they saw the "jumtee" approach, be-
lieving, as usual, that services would be required of
them gratuitously.
On the day after quitting Sehwun, we were met
by Mahommed Gohur, a Belooche chief, and a
party, the confidential agents of Meer Roostum
Khan, the Ameer of Khyrpoor, who had been sent
to the frontier, a distance of eighty miles, to con-
gratulate us on our arrival, and declare their master's
devotion to the British Government. We hardly ex-
pected such a mark of attention in Sinde, and were
therefore gratified. The deputation brought an abun-
dant supply of sheep, flour, fruit, spices, sugar, butter,
ghee, tobacco, opium, &c. &c, on which our people
feasted. Sheep were slain and cooked ; rice and
ghee were soon converted into savoury viands; and
I believe all parties thanked Meer Roostum Khan
as heartily as we did, nor did I imagine that this
was but the commencement of a round of feasting
which was daily repeated so long as we were in his
country, a period of three weeks. Mahommed
Gohur was a decrepit old man, with a red beard.
He wore a very handsome loongee round his waist.
He did not recover from his surprise throughout
the interview, for he had never before seen an
European.