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D and R,, and sig-nilics a head land *. The entrance 

 is said to be about two cos broad, or three miles and 

 a half. From Bustah-bimde?\ to Ab6d, in a N. W. 

 direction, tliey reckon twelve cos. It is upon the 

 western bank of the main branch of the IndtiSy and 

 is called lidbath in the history of Maiimood the son 

 o? Select eghin, and erroneously Ebjat by Abul-feda, 

 who calls it also Mow, which in Hindi implies a 

 mart, or place remarkable for some manufactures, or 

 peculiar traffic. This lake or bay communicates with 

 the niLin branch of the Indus, called RisMd and Di- 

 shad, through an arm of the river ; and the point 

 of separation is near a place called Pochym^ sup- 

 posed to be either 1 6 or 20 miles from the sea. 



This lake communicates with the sea, through two 

 openings, or mouths : the largest of which is close 

 to Bustah-bunder, and the other to the east is very 

 small. East of it is a small place called Lac-put- 

 bunder in CacJiha, which owes its origin to king 

 Lac-pat I, the grandfather of the present Raja of 

 CacJiha. These two openings answer to two inlets, 

 noticed by Major Rennell, under the names of 

 fVarrel and Puchar, for Pokydri; thus called from 

 the place of that name, situated where it branches 

 out. The appellation of JVarrel is unknown to the 

 natives consulted by me, and they suppose that it 

 might have been occasionally so called, from being- 

 resorted to by the pirates of the IVarrel tribe. 



Pilgrims, after having worshipped at Dwdrca, be- 



* A legendary tale has beeri^ adapted to it, as usual ; which is, that 

 the head of Gane's'a fell there. Hence it is called Ganes'dcn-mudd, 

 the head or scull of G ane'sa'; and a few miles inland, is a place of 

 worship, called Muda-cdtd GAJi¥.'sA', wliere it is supposed to have 

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