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THE BABEE Oil MANJHA DOAB. 



said to be of a very superior description, 

 ulso occur : — 



The following trees 



Chumror or Chelah (Ehretia lsovis). 

 Ceris (Acacia serissa). 

 Keekur (Acacia arabica). 

 Bhur (Ficus indica). 

 Pepul (Ficus religiosa). 



Sissum (Dalbergia Sissoo). 



Bukaiii (Melia Bukain). 



Toot or Tootree (Morus parviflora). 



Lessora (Cordia Myxa). 



Dbaul Dawk (Erytbriua stricta). 



For making ploughs and sugar mills the Phulahi (Acacia 

 dumosa), and the Chumror (Ehretia lsevis), and Keekur (Acacia 

 arabica), are extensively used and well adapted from their tough- 

 ness for the purpose. 



In this Doab the Mulberry grows with great luxuriance, and 

 silk is a great article of trade at Jullunder. The introduction of 

 the silk-worm might therefore, if properly conducted, be attended 

 with success. The Morus multicaulis had been introduced from 

 the Sabarunpore Garden, and is growing with great vigour. 

 The subject is, therefore, well worthy of attention, seeing that in 

 the province itself there is a large demand for the raw material. 



The Baree or Manjha Doab, though the densest populated 

 Doab of the Punjab, is not nearly so highly cultivated, generally 

 speaking, as the Jullunder Doab. In it generally the soil is light 

 and sandy, and in many places highly saline; water, too, is very 

 distant (80 feet from the surface), rendering it difficult and expen- 

 sive to sink wells. 



In this Doab the most characteristic plants are the Kureel 

 (Capparis aphylla), which occurs in the form of low brushwood, 

 seldom reaching to the size of a tree, as near Delhi its seeds are 

 sold in the bazaars under the name of Taint, and eaten : the 

 Madur (Calotropis Hamiltonii), Dawk (Butea frondosa), and Furas 

 (Tamarix Furas), and Lycium, a small solanaceous and thorny shrub, 

 presenting with its bright red berry a pretty appearance. Here, 

 too, frequently hills formed by drifting sand are met with, giving 

 cover to thousands of sand partridges ; two species occur, the 

 large and small Hock pigeon of sportsmen (Pterocles arenarius 

 and P. furcatus) Jundialah, in this Doab, ten miles from Amritsir, 

 is celebrated for its priests and its thieves ; we ought rather to say 

 was, it having been the residence of the Sukh Gooroo ; the former, 

 however, now make themselves scarce, but the latter still remain. 

 Between Amritsir and Lahore there are large tracts of waste 

 land, but as we approach the capital, cultivation presents itself, the 

 principal crops being sugar and wheat. In the neighbourhood of 



