Feb. 1848. SOANE RIVER, VEGETATION OF. 45 



Tura, passing some low hills of limestone, between the 

 cliffs of the Kymore and the river. On the shaded river- 

 banks grew abundance of English genera — Cynoglosmm, 

 Veronica, Potentitta, Ranunculus sceleratus, Rumew, several 

 herbaceous Composites and LabiatcB ; Tamarix formed a 

 small bush in rocky hillocks in the bed of the river, and in 

 pools were several aquatic plants, Zannichellia, Ckara, a 

 pretty little Vallisneria, and Potamogeton. The Brahminee 

 goose was common here, and we usually saw in the 

 morning immense flocks of wild geese overhead, migrating 

 northward. 



Here I tried again the effect of solar and nocturnal 

 radiation on the sand, at different depths, not being able 

 to do so on the alluvium. 



^oon, Temperature 



Daylight of 





of air, 87°. 



following morning. 



Noon. Daylight. 



Surface 110° 



. 52° 



4 inches 84° . . . 67° 



1 inch 102° . 



. . 55° 



8 ditto 77° Sand wet . 73° Wet 



2 ditto 93^° 



. 58° 



16 ditto 76° ditto. . 74° 



From Tura our little army again crossed the Soane, the 

 scarped cliffs of the Kymore approaching close to the river 

 on the west side. The bed is very sandy, and about one 

 mile and a half across. 



The elephants were employed again, as at Baroon, to push 

 the cart : one of them had a bump in consequence, as large 

 as a child's head, just above the trunk, and bleeding much ; 

 but the brave beast disregarded this, when the word of com- 

 mand was given by his driver. 



The stream was very narrow, but deep and rapid, 

 obstructed with beds of coarse agate, jasper, cornelian and 

 chalcedony pebbles. A clumsy boat took us across to the 

 village of Soanepore, a wretched collection of hovels. The 

 crops were thin and poor, and I saw no palms or good trees. 



