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depth. Around Lingewalla there are only 3 wells dug near the bed of 

 a small nullah, and in which the water at present is about 10 feet from 

 surface, and very good. Gold is also collected here, and at Luggur, 

 about 2 kos distant. 



April llth. — Lingewalla to Moultan, 10 kos. — Lingewalla to Moul- 

 tan, through a country of the same character as previous march, but 

 even more barren. Passed Tamun about 3 miles from Moultan, near 

 which is a nullah called the Unkur, where gold is found. At Moultan 

 gold is also washed from a nullah of the same name, in which are some 

 good sections of the sandstone, conglomerates and clay strata, which 

 dip to N. at an angle of 10°. From Tamun a road leads to Kalibagh 

 direct. 



April 12th. — Moultan to Trapp, 4 Jws. — Came on to Trapp this 

 morning — a very short march. This village is situated on the W. 

 bank of the river Swauk or Surwauk which is famous for the amount 

 of gold it yields. At present it is but a small stream, being not more 

 than a foot deep and 30 ft. broad. On the road to Trapp passed the 

 villages of Shah Mahomed Walla and Jubbee. At Trapp there is a 

 good deal of cultivation, water being abundant and good near the sur- 

 face. 



April \3th. — From Trapp came unto Mokhudd by a very hilly road. 

 This village is situated on the Indus, and in the angle formed by the 

 junction of a nullah of the same name with that river. At this point 

 the Indus does not appear above 400 yards wide, its course being N« 

 N. E. and S. S. W., and confined by soft sandstone and strata and 

 conglomerates, which rise abruptly from the river, here flowing with 

 considerable rapidity. Conglomerates are at this point very abundant, 

 being chiefly composed of boulders of primitive rocks cemented in a 

 highly calcareous sand. Between Trapp and Mokhudd in many places 

 are deposits of diluvium full of rolled boulders of rocks of all ages, 

 apparently increasing as one approaches the Indus. Among these we 

 obtained a beautiful species of Delphinum, which we have not observed 

 before on the salt range. At Mokhudd the gold washing is carried on 

 extensively both in the sands of the Indus and nullah of same name. 

 According to Herr Bilas kardar, in the year 1844, 409 tolas of gold 

 were collected, on which Rs. 1 280 of tax were levied by the Sirkar. 



In 1845, 272 tolas, tax Rs. 988. 



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