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76 BHAWUX KHAN'S COUNTRY. chap. iv.
they adopt habits of cleanliness. The change of
costume in the people, announced already a change
of country. Since leaving Bukkur, we had met
many Afghans and natives of the kingdom of Ca-
bool. The boots of some of these strangers, made
of variegated leather, ribbed, in some instances,
not unlike the skin of the tiger, formed an extra-
ordinary dress for a long-bearded old man.
In the evening of the 27th we quitted Sinde,
and ascended the river for a few miles, where we
were met by Gholam Kadir Khan, a Nuwab and
person of high rank, who had been sent to welcome
us by Bhawul Khan, the chief of the Daoodpoo-
tras, in whose country we had now arrived. He
was a little, pot-bellied man, with a happy expres-
sion of countenance; and said that he was sent to
communicate the delight with which his master
hailed our approach. He brought a most kind
message — that a fleet of fifteen boats had been
collected, and was now in readiness to convey us
through the Daoodpootra country, while the Khan
had fitted up a boat expressly for our accommodation.
He brought likewise a purse of a hundred rupees,
which he had been desired -to send me daily: this I
declined, saying, that money was useless where
every necessary and luxury of life was furnished by
his master's hospitality. We soon got on easy terms
with our new hosts, and weighed anchor next even-
ing for the frontier village, where we halted. Many
Daoodpootras came to see us: they differ in appear-
ance from the Sindians, and wear turbans formed of
tight and round folds of cloths. '
they adopt habits of cleanliness. The change of
costume in the people, announced already a change
of country. Since leaving Bukkur, we had met
many Afghans and natives of the kingdom of Ca-
bool. The boots of some of these strangers, made
of variegated leather, ribbed, in some instances,
not unlike the skin of the tiger, formed an extra-
ordinary dress for a long-bearded old man.
In the evening of the 27th we quitted Sinde,
and ascended the river for a few miles, where we
were met by Gholam Kadir Khan, a Nuwab and
person of high rank, who had been sent to welcome
us by Bhawul Khan, the chief of the Daoodpoo-
tras, in whose country we had now arrived. He
was a little, pot-bellied man, with a happy expres-
sion of countenance; and said that he was sent to
communicate the delight with which his master
hailed our approach. He brought a most kind
message — that a fleet of fifteen boats had been
collected, and was now in readiness to convey us
through the Daoodpootra country, while the Khan
had fitted up a boat expressly for our accommodation.
He brought likewise a purse of a hundred rupees,
which he had been desired -to send me daily: this I
declined, saying, that money was useless where
every necessary and luxury of life was furnished by
his master's hospitality. We soon got on easy terms
with our new hosts, and weighed anchor next even-
ing for the frontier village, where we halted. Many
Daoodpootras came to see us: they differ in appear-
ance from the Sindians, and wear turbans formed of
tight and round folds of cloths. '