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eighteen miles. From whence Sir Charles Malet intended to dc- 

 viale from the usual direct route of Seronge; by which means 

 the course will be more westerly, and probably more interesting 

 in a geographical point of view, it being one of his primary ob- 

 jects in this embassy to acquire as much information as possible in 

 that line. 



The first part of this day's journey was on a very indifferent 

 road, passing through an uncultivated tract of country : from those 

 wild uplands we descended into a fertile valley, watered by the 

 Lacoondra, now a small stream flowing in a broad bed, which 

 in the rainy season must be a river of consequence. The Lacoon- 

 dra falls into the Sind at some distance from hence. About half 

 way between Turrana and Shah Jehanpore we descended from 

 an eminence, to view an extraordinary piece of water, situated 

 between two hills, called Canadraka Tellow; and presently after 

 were obstructed by a very high bank of earth; which being 

 thrown across the road formed a head either to prevent the water 

 from overflowing a neighbouring vale, to which we saw the traces 

 of its having forced a passage in the rainy season, or to carry off 

 its redundancy in some other direction. The vale was so exceed- 

 ingly stony, that the greatest exertions could alone render it fruit- 

 ful, and it is but justice to remark, that no cultivators can be more 

 industrious than its inhabitants. The country was generally pleas- 

 ing, exhibiting great variety in the colour and disposition of the 

 trees. Shah Jehanpore is a large town, about a mile from the foot of 

 Baruse Dungur, a very lofty hill, with a single tree and Hindoo 

 temple on the summit, seen at a great distance on all sides. The 

 town is walled, though the works are now going to decay; the river 



