APPENDIX I. ·

Of the Trade in general carried on in the Countries to the North-Weft of Delhi.

I. PUNJAUB.

AN open trade with this country from every part of Hindooftan has long fince

ceased; but petty merchants, by applying for paffports from the refpective chiefs of the Seik territories, previous to entering their boundaries, are generally fupplied with them, and by this means ftill continue a trifling commercial intercourse.

Their exports to the countries weft of the Attock, confift of fugar, rice, indigo, wheat, and white cloth. Their imports from those countries are swords, horfes, fruit, lead, and fpices. Their exports to Cashmere may be

confidered nearly the fame as into Perfia; their imports from Cashmere are shawls, and a variety of cloths, faffron, and fruit.

With the inhabitants of the mountains they exchange cloth, matchlocks, and horfes, for iron, and other inferior commodities. From the Deckan are imported fulphur, indigo, falt, lead, iron, Europe coarfe cloth, and fpices: their exports are horfes, camels, fugar, rice, white cloth, matchlocks, fwords, and bows and arrows.

This trade is not carried on by any particu-. lar route, but depends on the character of the chiefs of those districts through which they pafs. The moft confiderable part of the trade is, however, carried on from Amrut Seer, by way of Machaywara, to Duttyala; fouthward by way of Hanfi, Rauge Ghur, and Oreecha, into the western part of the Rajepoot country by way of Kythul Jeind, and Dadery, and finally by Karnaul towards Delhi and the Ganges.

II. BATTIES.

The exports of the Batties, confift of horses, camels, bullocks, buffaloes, and ghee; their imports are coarfe white cloth, fugar, and falt; but the trade is very inconfiderable, and is carried on by petty merchants of Bahadra, Noher, and other towns, through the means of the disciples of Shiekh Fereed. The Hifar, or Harriana districts import matchlocks, fwords, coarfe white cloth, falt, fugar, a fmall quantity of rice, wheat, and fpices, their exports are horses, camels, bullocks, and ghee.

III. BEYKANEER.

Beykaneer imports coarfe and fine rice, fugar, opium, and indigo. The former articles they import from the Punjaub and by Rauge Ghur and Churoo; falt they get from Samber, and wheat from the Jypoor country; fpices, copper, and coarse cloth, from Jeffelmere. They have no exports but cattle, and thofe are of an inferior breed.

IV. JOUDPOOR.

The country of Joudpoor imports iron, copper, cloth of different forts, red and yellow broad cloth, rice, opium, fugar, and fpices. The copper and broad cloth are brought from Surat, from Tatta on the Indus, and from the Jypoor and Mewar countries.

Rice, fugar, and wheat from Mewar, Goorwara, and the fouthern parts of their own country.

Their exports are horfes, bullocks, and ca mels, of fuperior fize, which are in great requeft in various parts of India; falt likewife from the Sambre lake, and other places in its vicinity, is exported to the Punjaub to the east and to the fouth.

The trade to this country from Surat, passes chiefly through Gujerath and Ahumdabad; from Tatta through the Sindy country and Jeffelmere, and to the Deckan, by Mewar and Kota.