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undulations of its surface. Over much of it this depth does not exceed 

 Season of flood and ^ ^^w feet, being between Bela and Parkur (32 

 "P*'^' miles) about five feet for the five miles nearest 



Kutch, and for the remainder of the distance varying from six inches 

 to three feet. Here a heavy fall of rain causes a current ' from the 

 eastward, which has been known to carry people off their legs. Laden 

 camels travel the pass on emergent occasions, but to prevent their 

 slipping, their fore feet are tied, and the journey, one in the fair 

 season, of a few hours ' (by camel it is presumed) ' sometimes occu- 

 pies two days.''* Between Kurreer and the Putchum the monsoon 

 floods have a depth of about seven feet,* and the deepest portion 

 is generally reported to be the channel between Adeysur and the island 

 of Chorar. 



The inundation generally lasts from July to the end of November or 

 middle of December, while some low portions along the north side and 

 in the Sindree basin never dry completely, or, like the narrow neck 

 between Wagir and Chorar, do so as late in the season as the month 

 of January. 



The course of the water of the Bunnass river is shown upon some 

 Courses of the Bunnass "^^P^ traversing the Lesser Runn to the head of 

 and Loonee rivei's. ^|^g Q^jf ^f Kutch, and that of the Loonee river 



crossing the Grand Runn towards the Koree estuary. In Western Kutch 

 the inhabitants also assert that it is the Loonee water which floods that 

 portion of the Runn, but Sir G. Le G. Jacob mentions a monsoon nullah 

 not far from Gainda (or Gunyado) Beyt northwards from the Putchum, 

 as sloping to the east, and he was informed that it emptied itself into the 

 Runn near Adeysur ' and so round into the Gulf of Kutch.^f 



This is the only nullah that has been heard of occurring in the Runn 

 Proper. At no place has its surface been seen to undulate sufficiently for 



* Lieutenant Dodd, who writes Kurreer ' Klmren,' see reference iu appendix, 

 f For reference see appendix. 

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