662 Trip to Rind Badud Khan and the Salt Range. [July, 



scarcer, but where these exist good crops are raised around them. 

 Passed Wudala and Shechem, two considerable sized villages, around 

 which good rich crops of wheat and barley were growing. Around 

 Santipore there is a good deal of kunkur in the soil, which at a little dis- 

 tance from the village is covered with a low dwarf jungle of Caper bushes. 

 Supplies in abundance, water good, though 15 or 20 feet from surface. 



March llth. — Santipore to Muttoo y 9 kos. — From Suntipore to Mut- 

 too, a distance of 9 kos, the road leads through a level country covered 

 with low bush jungle, in the centre of which however occasional fields 

 of wheat and barley are to be seen, where enterprising individuals have 

 dug wells and cleared away the jungle from their neighbourhood. On 

 the way here passed the villages of Retalee, Vernala and Khan Mussel- 

 man. Water good though about 23 or 30 feet from surface, and raised 

 by Persian wheels, which seem universal in this part of the country. 



March \2th. — Muttoo to Oodeewala,\0 kos. — Marched fromMuttoo 

 to Oodeewalla, a distance of 10 kos. General appearance of the country 

 improved, crops being richer, and the fields studded with Babool trees 

 of considerable size. Patches of sugarcane and remains of cotton 

 plantations observed round the villages, — Lulla and Thabul being the 

 only ones of any size near the road. Kunkur exists in considerable 

 quantity around this village, where the water is good about 20 feet from 

 surface, and supplies abundant. 



March \2>th. — Oodeewalla to Ramnuggur, 10 or 12 kos. — From Oo- 

 deewalla to Ramnuggur the distance is said to be 10 kos, but is cer- 

 tainly much more. The intervening country, where cultivation does 

 not exist, is covered with a short coarse grass and is quite level. Noe- 

 walla and Akalgurh are the only two villages of any size that occur in 

 this march. The latter is a place of some size, several fine gardens 

 existing in its neighbourhood, where the crops are rich and fields well 

 dressed. Kunkur occurs in great quantity around Akalgurh, where 

 the road was completely under water in consequence of recent rain. 

 Three miles beyond this, is Ramnuggur, a town of considerable size. 

 Put up in the Bara-derry, around which some Seikh Artillery are sta- 

 tioned under the command of Col. Lookha Sing, who paid me a visit. 

 There is a salt depot close to the Bara-derry, where at present 10,000 

 maunds of salt are accumulated. It is brought on camels from the 

 salt mines, the owners of which receive 4 annas per maund that is deli- 



