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countries that succeed it (if different) towards Firozpur. It 
may be considered under two great subdivisions, the Phalahi 
proper and the Jhand. 
* [n the first of these water is found tolerably near the sur- 
face (30 to 80 feet), so that wells for irrigation are abundant; 
in drawing water the lao or bag-pulley and inclined plane is 
in almost exclusive use, the Persian wheel or harat being very 
seldom seen, and the depth of the water from the surface en- 
tirely precluding the use of the dhenki which is not rare in 
the preceding tracts, 
“The phalahi, Acacia modesta, W ALL., from which I have 
distinguished this tract, is a small tree about the same size as 
the bábl, but quite different in appearance, being very scraggy 
and armed all over with sharp hooked prickles. It is decidu- 
Ous, and when the leaves first appear in March remarkably 
beautiful, the delicate foliage being of the most brilliant light 
green and set off by the bunches of long cylindrical spikes of 
White flowers diffusing a delightful perfume through the air ; 
but its beauty is very transitory, the flowers soon fade and the 
leaves assume a dreary glaucous hue and fall early in winter, 
leaving the tree covered with the compressed yellowish pods. 
The wood is very hard and heavy, of a dark brown colour, and 
is much used for a variety of economical purposes. It grows 
abundantly in all waste places. In this tract the Chamror, 
Ehretia levis, again appears, being abundant at the foot of . 
the Sewaliks but very rare in the bdbd/ tract; it also is much 
valued for the hardness of its wood. ph die 
“Sugar-cane is only cultivated in the most northern 
Part of this tract; but where grown is eminently successful, 
. being reared with far more care than in those parts that I 
have previously mentioned, and kept constantly irrigated. . 
The juice is expressed in the kulhari or roller sugar-mill, of 
which I formerly sent a description to the Agricultural So- 
** Cotton is also extensively grown, in two ways; either asa — 
rain crop, as in the before mentioned tracts, or itis sown in  — 
April and receives moderate irrigation during the hot weather — 
