The chief person of this group was ordered by their Highnesses, the Umeers of Sinde, to accompany the 22nd Bombay Infantry on the part of their government, during its voyage up the river Indus, as when the British troops first occupied that country, the supposed ill-will of its rulers, deterred the people from furnishing supplies without orders from the Court. The head dress worn by him and his followers is the national cap of Sinde. Its form is cylindrical, and the height about eight inches, with a narrow projection rim round the top. They are made of coloured cloth, quilted and lined with buckram: some are ornamented with brocade and velvet. The dress of the attendants is the usual costume of the lower classes. Persons of respectability put on over it a loose garment, reaching nearly to the ankles. The close fitting trousers and short-skirted coat of the principal figures are not common. The use of tobacco generally prevails among the people. An earthenware vessel (as seen in the hand of the servant) is the usual apparatus for smoking; the quantity of water contained in its large bowl, rendering less noxious the compound of opium mixed with the leaf inhaled through it. Idle or employed, the pipe is a Sindian's constant companion. The tailor, the blacksmith, the carpenter, the weaver, all have it by their sides whilst at work: on the boats of the Indus it is placed in front of the helmsman for the refreshment of himself and crew; even the peasant cannot labour in the fields, unless under its exhilarating influence. In so level a county the camel is an invaluable animal. Great numbers of them are reared in all parts, but particularly in the Delta. They are so used, not only for the transport of merchandise and for pleasure, but also for agricultural purpose. Those for riding are groomed with much care, and are preferred to horses for travelling. The saddle is a wooden frame, long enough for two persons to sit on, over which is placed a cushion, so padded as to relieve the rider from the uneasy gait fo the animal. Kurachee, a thriving town of upwards of thirteen thousand inhabitants, is the only sea-port of Sinde. It was taken possession of by the reserve force of Lord Keane's army, under Brigadier Valiant, in February 1839, the small fort of Munora guarding the entrance to its harbour having been previously dismantled by the fire of Her Majesty's ship Wellesley. The place was subsequently restored to the Umeers, but a brigade of troops was cantoned in its vicinity. They have now, however, been required to cede it, as also of Tatta on the Indus is perpetuity to the British Government.