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and after forming the western boundary of Southern Sind, falls into the 

 sea west of Cape Monze. The only other stream of any length in Lower 



Baran river. Siud West ° f the Indus is t]ie Bf *ran, which rises 



in Kohistan close to the British frontier, north 

 of Tong, runs past the south end of the Khirthar range, and then 

 turning southward traverses the broad valley west of the Laid range 

 to the neighbourhood of Bhule Khan's Thana ; it then turns eastward 

 cuts its way through the Laki range, and, after traversing the Vera 

 plain and the low hills west of Kotri, falls into the Indus some miles 

 Layari, Malir, and Mo- soutn of tne last-named town. Other streams are 

 the Layari, an unimportant water-course, dry, 

 except after heavy rain, draining the country north of Karachi and run- 

 ning into the harbour ; the Malir, another similar but rather longer water- 

 course, a little further east ; the Mohan, or Rani, already noticed as running" 

 from the Laki range, and joining the Indus at Sann, and three streams 

 which run from the valleys of Kohistan to the plain of Upper Sind 

 near the Manchhar lake. These are the Chorlo, west of the Laki 

 range, a stream called Nie Naegh 1 on the Revenue Survey maps 

 between the Badhra and Bhit ranges, and the Angyi stream, west of the 

 Bhit. 



The water-courses running from the Khirthar range, commencing 

 on the north, are the following. The Sain, 2 which drains the western 

 side of the main range, north of Dharyaro, and runs into the Shadihar 

 stream at the northern termination of the range. The Kenji is the first 



1 The orthography of the inch and quarter inch Kevenue Survey maps is so peculiar, 

 that it is not always easy to know what the sounds intended are. Thus the word Nai (iu 

 Hindi, Nadi), a stream, is variously spelt Naee, Nye, Nyel, Nie, and Neigh ! This is a good 

 instance of what the opponents of any reform in the spelling of proper names call "spelling 

 the name in English as it is pronounced." Even in the -jL inch map, from which that 

 accompanying the present report is copied, some streams are called Nai, others Nie, al- 

 though great pains have evidently heen taken to correct the orthography. 



2 Sainwali of map. The addition of wall or wari to the names given to streams appears 

 to me unnecessary, as it is not generally used ; indeed, so far as I could ascertain, the affix 

 is exceptional. 



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