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GHOLAM MAHOMED AND BROTHERS. value are produced. The commerce is trifling; some little trade is carried on with the Afghans to the north, and with the district of Hanund Dajeb.

"A road from Ghuznee to the Derajat passes through the country; but the passes are difficult for camels, and the route is little frequented. There is little or no intercourse between the Ketranees and Sind, and they have never attempted any act of hostility on the British frontier but once, when, under the influence of Mooltan gold, Meer Hajce joined the Murrees and Bhoogtees in an attack on Kusmore in April, 1849."

Whether the subjects of the Photograph ever visit their mountain clansmen, or hold intimate relations with them, is not recorded; and it is very probable that absence may have weakened the connection, though it may not have destroyed it. Gholam Mahomed and his brothers enjoyed much personal influence with, and under the Ameers, and have settled into private gentlemen, in which capacity they are much respected.