"أسفار في بلوشستان والسند؛ مع تقرير جغرافي وتاريخي لهذين البلدين، وخريطة." [‎٢‎٦] (٤٧٦/٦٨)

departure from bela.
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belonging to the Jam, where we halted for the night, under the shade
of a remarkably large tamarind tree. We were, as we ^ ol ' 1 a *
tendants, who now consisted of six men, mounted on camels . but as
Captabi Christie and myself were still novices in the management of
ST—, « took . pe™ up before ... * .1-
This part of the country is finely cultivated, and abounds with runmn 0
streams; half way from Bela to the garden there .s an e—
manufactory of "cor, or raw sugar; the mill foi expressing j
from the canes is" turned by a stream from the neighlwurn.^ nioan-
tains and is to a degree simple in its construction ; the water-whee
sets in motion two horizontal cogged rollers, and the canes being
pruned of leaves, the ends are inserted between them. 1 f
draw in the canes as they arc pressed, and the refuse of the stalks
comes out at the opposite side : the juice falls into a trough below, and
from that runs into a cistern. It is afterwards boiled m flat copper
pans and the goor is then packed in bags, made from the palmyra
leaf,'and thus sent to the sea coast for exportation. It is also given
to camels, and much used by the natives for culinary purposes. Two
men and a boy are able to conduct the whole process, and the sc c -
ment of the boilers forms the best and strongest manure.
»« January. Whilst .. were in the « of lood.ng the «n.l.
this morning, the long expected Ruhmut Khan arrived at the gar
den, accompanied by fifteen or twenty followers: he perempton y
refused either to permit us to go through his country, unless escor
by himself, (observing that his reputation was concerne
safety,) or to proceed with us, until he had talked to the Jam : we
had, therefore, most unwillingly to unload the camels, and return
with the Bezunja to Bela, where we dismounted at eleven o clock
As we rode along we chatted with our new acquaintance, and found
him possessed of all that ingenuous hospitality and predatory ferocity
which are so curiously blended in the Belooche character ; he re
peatedly swore by his beard, that had we attempted to have advanced
Lough his country, without his leave, he would have annihilated
our whole party ; and the next moment asked us, with great earnes -