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here the work was confined to alluvial land flanking the west bank 

 of the Indus, the desert portions on the east bank remaining untouch- 

 ed, one camp at Gambat in the Khairpur State and one at Naundero 

 in the Larkhana District. This, including a few daj^s spent at 

 Karachi, represents the total area worked over in Sind. 



The following are the notes on, and descriptions of, actual collect- 

 ing stations visited. 



Jacobabad. — On the Upper Sind Frontier. The ground collect- 

 ed over is some three miles from the town, and is covered over with 

 a dense growth of Tamarisk and Babul (^Acacia arahicci) interspersed 

 with great tussocks of " Kanh " grass. It might be mentioned that 

 Jacobabad is the hottest and coldest registering station in the 

 Meterological Department of the Bombay Presidency. 



Kashmor. — On the Upper Sind Frontier, 70 miles east of 

 Jacobabad. The Indus is 5 miles from the town. Extensive culti- 

 vation on both the sides of the Desert Canal which runs past. 

 Collecting was done chiefly on the Canal banks or in its vicinity. 



SuKKUR. — On the Indus. The town is built on low barren lime- 

 stone hills, the banks of the river below it are covered with dense 

 date groves. A. short stay was made in Sukkur town, but the 

 major portion of the collection was obtained from villages flanking 

 the west bank of the river, commencing at Chak some 20 miles 

 north of Sukkiu* and working upwards to Shikarpur. Ground collect- 

 ed over was for the most part highly cultivated with occasional forests 

 of Babul and Kandi (^Proso2ns s^ncigera). The collections w^ere 

 made near the river on land within the immediate influence of its 

 inundations. 



Gambat. — In the Khairpur State which lies on the east bank of 

 the Indus. Dense forest country, a great part of which is fenced 

 off" into game preserves, known in Sind as '•' shikargarhs." A small 

 collection was made at Kot Diji, situated a few miles from Khairpur 

 city at the foot of a range of hills which run southward from Korhi. 

 These hills are barren and forbidding, composed chiefly of nummu- 

 litic limestone. 



Naundero. — In the Larkhana District, 12 miles north of Larkana. 

 Cultivation interspersed with semi-desert salt lands. 



Lhandi. — Some 20 miles out of Karachi. Highly cultivated 

 country. I made a very short stay here and had not much opportu- 

 nity for collecting. 



Mr. Prater wishes to record his obligations to the following gentle- 

 men for their kind assistance and support. To Mr. J. R. Martin, 

 I.C.S., Deputy Commissioner, Jacobabad; Mr. D. Healy, D.S.P., 

 Jacobabad; Mr. W. T. Kirkpatrick, D.S.P., Sukkur, through 

 whose assistance a great part of the collection in the Sukkur District 

 was obtained ; Mr. C. S. Campbell, I.C.S., Collector, Sukkur ; 

 H. H. The Mir of Khairpur, and Mr. G. A. Shillidy, D.S.P., Larkana. 



