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(10) Leyara is the northern of the two dhands marked Chundroee 

 jo Dhund on the map. It is a dhand over f mile in 

 length, over a furlong broad at its northern end, and 

 probably 6 to 7 feet deep. Leyara is a saline dhand, 

 not alkaline. Its specific gravity is 1-075 and its water 

 contains 90-4 grams of NaCl per litre, while the C0 3 

 present calculated as Na 2 C0 3 is equivalent to 1-7 grams 

 of Na 2 C0 3 . The water of Leyara is clear and not 

 yellowish or reddish as is that of the alkaline dhands. 



(11) Chandroi is marked on the map as a long dhand some 2£ 



miles in length, i.e., the southern of the two dhands named 

 Chundroee jo Dhund. In reality there are two dhands in 

 this length of 2\ miles shown in the map. Chandroi is 

 1J miles in length and is separated by a bar from the 

 southern part at a point half a mile W.N.W. of Ramzan 

 je Wand. The southerr. part, which runs into the Pur 

 Chandar dhand, is called Dukani. The water of Chandroi 

 has a specific gravity of 1-114 and contains 25-3 

 grams of Na 2 C0 3 and 102-3 grams of NaCl per litre. 

 It is thus a highly saline dhand, although more alkaline 

 than Leyara. 



(12) Dukani is a long very narrow dhand, in places about 10 



yards across, in length about IJ miles between Chandroi 

 and Pur Chandar. It is separated from Chandroi by a 

 bar of sand, but at the time of my visit it had a 

 channel into Pur Chandar. In drier years it is sepa- 

 rated from Pur Chandar by the drying up of this 

 channel. Dukani though very narrow is probably 5 feet 

 deep. Its water had a specific gravity of 1-069 and 

 contained 47-9 grams of Na 2 C0 3 and 27-8 grams of 

 NaCl per litre. 



(13) Pur Chandar dhand is the deepest of all the dhands visited. 



I have already mentioned the local superstition that this 

 lake was bottomless. I sent out a man on a raft to sound 

 it in various places, but he touched bottom with a long 

 pole easily. I do not think the dhand can be much 

 over 15 feet in depth at its deepest. It is said to have 

 diminished greatly in size of late years, especially at 

 its south end. Quantities of sand are continually being 

 blown into it. In spite of its depth, there is curiously 



