MAMMAL SURVEY OF IX DI A. 827 



" Nokania, about 3 miles from Rhoda Motha, has very varied 

 surroundings. A large Tank, with a good patch of Babhul and 

 Pricklypear jungle, affords good cover, the rest of the surrounding 

 country is sandy plain, dotted with bushes, and in one direction a 

 Avide area of cultivated land." 



" Dhonsa is niainh' surrounded by cultivation, it has a low 

 range of limestone hills on one side, where some rodents were 

 obtained, but from the rest the results were small." 



" Charwa, on the Bhuj side, has rolling hills covered with 

 dense babhul jungle. A fine Tank, 4 or 5 miles round, has been 

 formed by the erection of a bund. Here the trees are larger and 

 the undergrowth thick, affording excellent cover for Leopards 

 (which have been introduced). Pigs, Jackals, etc. Below the Tank 

 is a well stocked garden, and beyond that for some miles jungle 

 sfrowth, confined to a good wide Nnllah. The rest of the countrv 

 is a sandy plain with low rocky hills rising from it. Towards the 

 Bunnee is a large amphitheatre of hills in the midst of which is 

 some good cultivation, surrounded by fair grazing grounds for 

 sheep and cattle. It is here and along the North Coast that 

 Wolves are comnion." 



" Pirwadi is near and very like Dhonsa. The wells have dried 

 up and it is now deserted." 



" Anjar is a large town, containing some fine trees. It is sur- 

 rounded by a flat stretch of cultivated land, which even extended 

 to Kharirobar on the Coast." 



" Shikarpur is on the South Coast, eastward from Kharirobar, it 

 is in the midst of cultivation which extends to Markhed and 

 Nanda." 



" Poungbe is separated from Nanda by a salt plain, which is 

 covered with water during the monsoon. It is a low plateau 

 with a large central depression, which after the monsoon is covered 

 with long grass giving excellent grazing to cattle. Wild Asses, 

 Pigs and Blackbiick. Apart from grass there is absolutely no 

 cover." 



" Padampur has good cultivation around it, and a fairly thick 

 crub jungle on undulating and broken ground. Close by is a 

 group of low hills rising out of fine sand," 



