Across coveted lands : or, A journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, overland . so within the Tashil wall a postand telegraph office and a treasury, a neat littlered brick building, with strong iron gates andhuge padlocks. Prisons are on either side of thetreasury, so that one single sentry may keep aneye on both the prisoners and the local Govern-ment funds. When I visited the place an old man in chainswas squatting in the sun outside his cell. I in-quired what crime he had committed. Hisdaughter, they said, was betrothed to a youngman, and at the time appointed for the marriagethe old m
Across coveted lands : or, A journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta, overland . so within the Tashil wall a postand telegraph office and a treasury, a neat littlered brick building, with strong iron gates andhuge padlocks. Prisons are on either side of thetreasury, so that one single sentry may keep aneye on both the prisoners and the local Govern-ment funds. When I visited the place an old man in chainswas squatting in the sun outside his cell. I in-quired what crime he had committed. Hisdaughter, they said, was betrothed to a youngman, and at the time appointed for the marriagethe old man did not bring the girl to the bride-groom as stipulated. He had consequently al-ready been here in prison for two months to payfor his folly, and would possibly have to remainsome months longer, for, according to Beluchlaw—which is in force here—such a crime de-serves severe punishment. Another prisoner—a cattle lifter—had a mosthideously criminal head. Prisoners were verywell cared for, had nice clean cells given them,and were provided with plenty of food XL TASHIL ESTABLISHMENT 427 The Tashil establishment consisted of oneTashildar, one Sarishtedar (clerk who readspapers), one Judicial Moharrir, one Kanungo(revenue clerk), thv^tpatwaris, one accountant intreasury and one treasurer, one chaprasst, one peti-tion writer, one levy moonshee, one post and tele-graph master, one postman, one hospital assistant,one compounder, three servants. Next to the Tashil was the thana and Police-station, with a police thanedar, one sergeant andnine (Punjab) constables, as well as a levyjej7iadar with one duffadar and ten sawars. There is a practical little hospital at Nushki,with eight beds and a dispensary, but the healthof the place seemed very good, and there wereno patients when I visited it. Moreover, it seemsthat the Beluch prefer to be given medicine andremain in their dwelhngs, except in cases of verysevere illness. The principal ailments from whichthey suffer
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