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BHOOGTEES.

staple article of commerce. In return, the Bhoogtees purchase cloths and other necessaries. They pay no revenue to any one, and though the chiefs acknowledge the Khan of Khelat as their feudal superior, they are practically independent. Of those settled in Sind, only thirty families now remain, who hold about 200 acres of rent-free land. Islam Khan, the head of the tribe, is a very aged man, if indeed he be still living.

The persons represented in the Photograph are men of inferior position, but convey a good impression of the wild character of the clan. They are dressed in white and the standing figure has a cloak of coarse white felt wrapped round him.