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vered at the depot. It is all weighed previously to being stored up, 

 and is retailed to merchants at Rs. 2-4 per maund. The thanadar 

 and Kardar of this place accompanied me through the depot and paid 

 me every attention. The Chenab is distant about 2 miles from this 

 place — a flat and in great part uncultivated country intervening. 



March \Ath. — Ramnuggur to Phalia, 12 kos. — From Ramnuggur 

 crossed the Chenab, which is easily effected, the boats being large and 

 in good order, and marched to Phalia, said to be 10 kos, but is certain- 

 ly more. The Chenab seems to have a considerable depth of water in 

 its channel, but is evidently swollen at present in consequence of recent 

 rains in the hills. On the north bank of the river, and from thence to 

 Phalia, the country is richly cultivated and interspersed with numerous 

 babool and bur trees, which attain a considerable size. On the side of 

 the road are situated the villages of Remmuhl, Pagut, Truka and 

 Kumina. Phalia is a small place, but has a mud fort in its interior. 

 Around it there is a deal of bush jungle, where kunkur occurs in great 

 quantity. At night heavy rain fell and continued falling until 5 a. m. 



March \5th, — Phalia to Phukie, 7 kos. — Had directed my servants 

 to go on to Hurrin, but in consequence of the rain, they could not pro- 

 ceed farther than Phukie, a march of about 7 kos. The road leads 

 through a thick bush jungle, and so is very heavy in consequence of 

 the rain during the night. Phukie is but a small place — supplies ob- 

 tained in abundance, but water very bad and brackish, evidently con- 

 taining a quantity of saline matter. Cultivation to a very small extent 

 exists around this village. Ruttiwall is a village of considerable size on 

 the road to this place. 



March 16th. — Phukie to Hurrin, 6 kos. — In consequence of rain 

 which fell incessantly from midnight till 8 a.m. was unable to march 

 further than Hurrin, where I found my tent pitched, my servants being 

 unable to get on to Mianee as I had intended. The whole country was 

 under water and the crops completely levelled to the ground in many 

 places. A very dense jungle intervenes between Phukie and Hurrin, 

 where the country is more open and well cultivated, being situated 

 about a mile from the Jhelum, along the banks of which a dense jungle 

 of Tamarisk occurs. The river Jhelum is much flooded and appears a 

 noble river running at the foot of the salt range, which is only about 4 

 miles from it, a rich wooded Kadir land apparently intervening. Sup- 



