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SINDIAN ESCORT.
CHAP. IV.
I did not quit Sinde favourably impressed, either
with his character or policy; but we should not try
such a man by an European standard, and he
doubtless opposed our choice of the route by the
Indus on sufficiently good grounds. I parted from
our Khyrpoor friends with reluctance ; for their
hospitality and kindness had been great, and it was
with difficulty that I was permitted to reward the
boatmen. The Mihmandar said that he had been
ordered to prohibit it; and his master only desired
to please the British Government. This person was
very inferior to our former companion the Syud;
but, if less learned and intelligent, he had the more
sterling qualities of sincerity and honesty: his name
was Inayut Khan Ghoree.
We here dismissed, and with regret, our Sindian
escort, which had followed us from the mouths of
the Indus. They seemed to have become attached
to us, and followed us in our walks and rides with
unusual alacrity : as we were leaving, they accom-
panied us to the water's edge with loud cries of
thanks for our kindness and prayers for our wel-
fare. They consisted of twenty-four men; twelve
of whom were Beloochees and the rest Jokeeas,
a tribe of mountaineers near Curachee. We had
not, I am sure, done much to deserve such gra-
titude ; for they had only received an additional
month's pay (eight rupees each) to take them back
to their country, a distance of three hundred and
fifty miles. Some of them begged to accompany us
to Lahore ; but, on the same principle that they had
been hired in Sinde, it would be proper to enlist
SINDIAN ESCORT.
CHAP. IV.
I did not quit Sinde favourably impressed, either
with his character or policy; but we should not try
such a man by an European standard, and he
doubtless opposed our choice of the route by the
Indus on sufficiently good grounds. I parted from
our Khyrpoor friends with reluctance ; for their
hospitality and kindness had been great, and it was
with difficulty that I was permitted to reward the
boatmen. The Mihmandar said that he had been
ordered to prohibit it; and his master only desired
to please the British Government. This person was
very inferior to our former companion the Syud;
but, if less learned and intelligent, he had the more
sterling qualities of sincerity and honesty: his name
was Inayut Khan Ghoree.
We here dismissed, and with regret, our Sindian
escort, which had followed us from the mouths of
the Indus. They seemed to have become attached
to us, and followed us in our walks and rides with
unusual alacrity : as we were leaving, they accom-
panied us to the water's edge with loud cries of
thanks for our kindness and prayers for our wel-
fare. They consisted of twenty-four men; twelve
of whom were Beloochees and the rest Jokeeas,
a tribe of mountaineers near Curachee. We had
not, I am sure, done much to deserve such gra-
titude ; for they had only received an additional
month's pay (eight rupees each) to take them back
to their country, a distance of three hundred and
fifty miles. Some of them begged to accompany us
to Lahore ; but, on the same principle that they had
been hired in Sinde, it would be proper to enlist