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to Subzukcote, is almost an uninterrupted level, 

 tlirough which tlic Indus takes its course. Im- 

 mediately above the Pass of Seliwan, that great 

 branch of the river known as the "Narra," or 

 Snake, quits the main stream, and after passing 

 through Lake Munchur, an expanse of water 

 about 300 square miles in extent, again joins 

 the Indus at a distance of 280 miles. This ren- 

 ders the district the most productive of any in 

 Sindh, and Lake Munchur itself is especially 

 worthy of notice, as, according to Captain 

 Postans, '•' it forms a fair expanse of clear, 

 transparent water, lying beneath the moun- 

 tains and surrounded by rich foliage ; its still, 

 deep, central channel, tangled with lotus flow- 

 ers, amongst the dark plants of which rest the 

 small boats that form the floating habitations of 

 many Sindhian families, who subsist on the 

 fish which here abounds, and the innumerable 

 varieties of water-fowl that crowd its margin." 

 The same author also remarks that the interior 

 of the country between Lake Munchur and the 

 sea is in its general appearance far superior to 

 any scenery to be found on the river-banks. 

 The soil is hard and the roads good ; there are 

 occasional ranges of hills, and small lakes sur- 



