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out to be the remains of Xylenopolis, or the city of wood; and it is curious that the 
Hindistani word for wood, lucri, should be nearly found in the name of the town of 
Lacpat. I put no faith, however, in this etymology, and merely give it as it has occurred 
to me. 
(K.) Wheeled carriages are not used in Sinde, on account of the numerous rivers ; 
and merchandize is exclusively transported on beasts of burden, and generally on camels. 
These animals, says Crow, “are bred in great numbers in the salt marshes of the delta 
of the Indus, and are very hardy and superior to those bred inland. They generally 
travel at night, and carry from five to six cwt. Mules, asses, and bullocks, are also 
used, and their number is not inconsiderable.””—Crow’s MSS. 
(L.) Amercote is known in the history of India as the retreat of the Emperor 
HumAiin, and the birth-place of his son, the great AcBAr. The riches of the 
Amirs of Sinde are now deposited there, they having at last secured it from the Judpir 
Raja. 
(M.) In Cutch there are two separate establishments of Jégis, one at the Denddar 
hills and the other at Manfarra, in Wagar. hey are called by the natives 
“ Canp hattis” or slit-ears, from their cutting their ears to admit of large unseemly 
rings of ivory, bone, and sometimes agate, being suspended in them. Those at Denddar 
lead a life of celibacy, but their brethren in Wagar are not equally strict. It is among 
this class of people that the horrid practice of “ traga,” or sacrificing one of their 
number, generally an aged person, prevails. They resort to it when any oppression is 
committed on them, and cast the blame of the blood that has been shed, on those who 
have injured them. 
(N.) About ten miles south of the Runn, and thirty-six W.N.W., of Bhij, are the ruins 
of the city of Gintré, in the district of Chitrdno. The walls are two thousand two 
hundred and fifty yards in circumference, and it is now entirely deserted. The traditions 
of the country state it to have been destroyed by the Jhdrejds. Old coins are often found 
here and at Nerdnd. They have the figure of an ass on them and are called “ Gadhia 
ca-paisa.” About sixteen miles south-east of Guntré there is another ruined city, 
called Péragad, believed to be nine hundred years old, and built by a nephew of 
LacartuAni, and to have had a curse imposed upon it at his death. There is a 
two-storied palace within its walls, which is a great curiosity, and in very good repair, 
(O.) I was little aware when I stated this conclusion that I had such strong concur- 
ring testimony as that of the late Captain McMurpo, who in his Memoir of Cattywar, so 
long since as 1815, had expressed a similar opinion, and as he wrote of a different part 
of the Runn from what I have described, or that bordering on Cattywér, I look upon the 
following extract from his paper as a great additional argument in favour of the Runn’s 
being navigable :— 
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