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greater slope to the westward, and being totally bare of all 

 verdure. They are composed of sandstone, and their summits 

 are broken into rugged peaks of the most fantastic shapes. 

 They appear to rise in regular layers, their height gradually 

 increasing as they recede from the plain. Our route the next 

 morning lay along their base, and after passing the beds of 

 many dry nullas we came to a pass near their south-eastern 

 extremity, where they sink into the plain about four miles from 

 the sea. This lake is termed ce Gooroo Bherundy" and is 

 formed by a large ravine, the course of which we followed for a 

 short distance, and then turning to the left reached the top 

 of the heights, and came in sight of the greater range of 

 the Haras, running almost at right angles to the lesser. 

 The phorriver.ii miles. Between the two ranges the Phor river flows 

 through a plain similar to that we had passed. Its banks are fring- 

 ed as usual with a belt of tamarisk jungle. Before reaching it a 

 number of Mahomedan tombs are remarked, and near them, under 

 a clump of trees, some Noomreeas were engaged in raising a crop 

 of jowaree, the first attempt at cultivation I had seen since leaving 

 Kurrachee. Water is occasionally found in pools in the river, 

 and higher up it can always be procured by digging. Six miles 

 beyond it we came to the Tilookpooree wells, at present covered 

 with an extensive marsh of fresh water, formed by the late rain. 

 TheChunderkoop S ,6miies. One koss from them, in a westerly direction, 

 three hills of extremely light colored earth rise abruptly from the 

 plain. That in the centre is about four hundred feet in height, of a 

 conical form, with the apex flattened and discolored ; its southern 

 and western faces rather precipitous, but with a more gradual 

 slope on the others. It is connected with a smaller one of the 

 same form, but of not more than half its size, by a sort of cause- 

 way, some fifty paces in length. The third bears the appear- 

 ance of the cone having been depressed and broken, and 

 covers a greater extent of ground than the others. All three 

 towards their bases are indented by numerous cavities which 

 reach far into their interior; their sides are streaked with 

 channels as if from water having flowed down them. On 

 ascending to the summit of the highest one, I observed a basin 

 of liquid mud, about one hundred paces in circumference, occu- 



