Although silver and even gold have been found in small quantities, and other minerals are known to exist, the only mines at present in Baluchistan are those near Khozdar, in the province of Jhalawan, where lead and antimony are worked, but in a very primitive manner.
Notwithstanding the trade stagnation, there seems to be a good deal of cultivation in and around Beila.

Water is obtained from deep wells; and vegetables, rice, and tobacco are largely grown.

Most of the stalls in the bazaar were devoted to the sale of rice, wheat, and tobacco, cheap cutlery, and Manchester goods; and I noticed, with some surprise, cheap photographs of Mrs.Langtry, Ellen Terry, Miss Nelly Farren, Sylvia Grey, and other leading lights of society and art, spread out for sale among the many-bladed knives, nickel forks and spoons, and German timepieces.

Although the narrow alleys reeked with poisonous smells and filth and abomination of all kinds, Beila is not unhealthy--so at least the Wazir informed me.

I doubted the truth of this assertion, however, for the features of every second person I met were scarred more or less with small-pox.
My caravan, on leaving Beila, was considerably increased.