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encaustic tiles, and finely glazed vases, bowls, 

 dishes, &c., made from the clay of the Indus, 

 the finer kinds mixed with ground flints. 



At Sehwan, the capital of Sewistan, we re- 

 mained just long enough to take a hasty look 

 at that interesting old place. Here a spur of 

 the Lukhee range runs down close to the river, 

 and on its extremity, which juts over the 

 water, stands the town. At this place is an 

 old fortification, which antiquarians imagine 

 had its origin in Alexander's expedition ; and 

 Sehwan has always been considered a place of 

 military importance, as commanding the pas- 

 sage of the Indus. The country here assumes 

 a very different appearance to the features of 

 Lower Sindh, — the general character of which, 

 as viewed from the river from Jerruk upw^ards, 

 presents dense masses of trees contained in the 

 Shikargahs, sand-hills and lime-stone ridges, 

 with a scanty population. At Sehwan the 

 Lukhee hills extend down to the river, forcing 

 it into a deep and rapid channel on the eastern 

 side; so rapid indeed is the stream at this 

 place as occasionally to cause the banks to 

 give way, and produce serious damage. The 

 hills which surround Sehwan give it a very 



