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The next day we crossed the bed of the Gumbeer, a very broad 

 river, now without water, which, when full, is passed by a bridge 

 of larger dimensions, but not executed with so much taste as the 

 bridge at Nourabad. This, like all the others we have yet seen, 

 has not the smallest rise in the centre, but is carried on in a straight 

 surface. It consists of twenty arches, each upwards of five yards 

 wide, and the intermediate space of equal breadth; it is well 

 paved and adorned with two minarets at each end. On the north 

 bank of the Gumbeer stands the town of Jajew, where is a serai 

 built by order of Sha Jehan, beyond comparison the most elegant 

 we have } 7 et seen. The entrances are uncommonly grand, each 

 consisting of two minarets, tastefully decorated, with the gate and 

 appropriate ornaments in the centre. On the left is a musjeed, 

 not more remarkable for general beauty than for the delicacy of 

 the stone with which it is built. It is of a pale reddish hue, inlaid 

 with ornaments of light yellow, and white marble. 



Soon after leaving the Gumbeer we passed a less considerable 

 river, called the Karra Nuddy, or salt-river, which we were told 

 has its source in a salt lake in the neighbourhood of Jaypoor ; but 

 other information attributes the spring to another spot : the water 

 was brackish and disagreeable. From thence we proceeded to 

 Oakwalla, our halting-place for the day, which, to avoid the ex- 

 treme heat, we passed under the dome of a Mahomedan mauso- 

 leum. Near it were two Hindoo tombs ; on one of them was 

 sculptured a tiger, on the other a deer. We could gain no intel- 

 ligence concerning these singular monuments, which were the first 

 of the kind we had met with. From this spot we could discern, 

 by the assistance of a telescope, the most conspicuous buildings 



