WYNNE : GEOLOGY OF KUTCH. 



It was shortly found that the inaccuracy of the map greatly 

 deprived it of value as a means of expressing the facts noted, and steps 

 were taken to correct it, as the work progressedj by the fixed points of 

 the Great Trigonometrical Survey. A tracing of these was, however, only 

 obtained towards the close of the first season as the party was returning 

 to station at Bhooj. As on further acquaintance the map did not 

 improve, that which is attached to this memoir has been carefully 

 compiled, and the places fixed over all the central and western parts of the 

 district by prismatic compass bearings^ upon the basis furnished by the 

 Trigonometrical Survey points, with such aid as could be obtained from 

 Sir A. Burnes' map, different copies and editions of which vary so much 

 from each other and from the ground, that it can hardly be expected 

 several errors do not still remain, particularly as the means of oorrection, 

 and the time which could be devoted to them, were limited. 



As usual, the hills and rivers were the most misrepresented : the 

 former have received a large amount of attention, and it became necessary 

 to introduce many alterations of the latter also. With regard to the 

 spelling of the names the usual difiiculty has been found. No settled 

 authority exists, and in different maps and publications much difference 

 prevails. The language of the country is a patois or corruption of 

 Gnjrathi, in which some further complications besides the use of the 

 interchangeable letters occur. 



Use has been made of a list supplied by the kindness of the 

 Political Agent, and. in other cases it has been attempted to convey the 

 sounds by the ordinary values of those of the English alphabet, and 

 without the addition of unnecessary letters, to give as nearly as possible 

 the native pronunciation. In some cases, however, the latter with 

 contraction amounts to an entirely different name ; for instance, that of 

 the principal port, Mandavee, is often vulgarly spoken ' Mudcle' 



Frequent efforts have been made to ascertain by aneroid measurement 

 the elevations of the most conspicuous hills ; but so much variation lias 



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