'Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.' [‎8] (50/476)

8 POREBUNDER.
apprehensive of being recognised by our fellow voyagers; however,
we succeeded so well in disguising ourselves, by partly changing t re
European for the native dress, that although the Uffghans conclude ,
from our complexions, that we were Europeans, they did not, m the
least, suspect our real characters. We found two or three oi them
intelligent, civil men, who gave us information, which, at that time,
was highly interesting to us, and subsequently guided and assisted
us very materially in forming our plans.
On the Hh of January, we made the high land ot Joonagur, on
the coast of Guzeratte ; and the following day anchored at Pore-
bunder. Our real motive for touching at this place, was to have a
personal conference with Soondurjee, who was employed there, on
the part of the Bombay Government, in some political arrangements
with the Rajah. We gave out, that we had been obliged to put in
from a want of water; and as soon as we had cast anchor. Captain
Christie and myself went on shore, where we remained the two
following days, at the residence of Captain Maxfield, ot the onour-
able Company's Marine (then acting Custom Master) We here,
also, contrived to elude the inquisitive vigilance ol the Uftghans,
who believed that we had passed our time at the house occupied
by Soondurjee.
" Porebunder is built on a creek of the sea, on the south -west coast
of Guzeratte. It is a large and populous town ; and the inhabitants
carry on a brisk trade with Bombay, Sinde, and Malabar. The
surrounding country bears the level feature usual throughout the
whole of that province, if we except one range of mountains, distant
from the town twelve or fourteen miles.
We sailed from Porebunder on the \0th of January, and stretched
awav to the north-west, with a fresh easterly wind, attended, at night,
with extreme cold, and dews so heavy as to wet every thing like rain.
At noon on the 15th, we had the satisfaction oi' seeing the coast ot
Sinde, and found ourselves close in with it; the land is low, and flat;
but we were certain, even before we saw it, of our proximity to it,
from the extraordinary, and, to a person unacquainted with the