500 



PESHAWUR TO LAHORE. 



in leaves inside. This is worthy of examination, as it shows very 

 plainly the origin of the stigmata from the placentae. 



30/^. — Halted owing to having been robbed of two horses. 



3 1 st. — Wuzerabad, twenty-four miles. Ten miles from Wuzerabad 

 the road extended through a highly cultivated country, and crossed 

 the Chenab, on the left bank of which river Wuzerabad is situated. 

 The Chenab is a fine river, the stream 150 yards wide, but on either 

 side extensive beds of sand show that the river during some seasons 

 is of great width. 



Wuzerabad is a nice well built town, having a fine straight bazaar, 

 with paved street. The chief gateways and residences built by Gene- 

 ral Avitabile. 



Chilodia occurs in abundance, Eleusine sp., E. coracana ; Bajra and 

 Joari Nihi being the prevailing cultivation. 



It is curious that in Phulahi major of Sera and the Kikkur, the 

 young branches only are armed with thorns, so that the spines must 

 be deciduous in certain species of Mimosa. 



Cactus is an instance of a calyx composed of a congeries of adhe- 

 rent leaves, which leaves produce from their axilla, tufts of white 

 hair and thorns ; or is it not an instance of an axis hollowed out 

 towards the apex, to the sides of which the ovary finally adheres, in 

 this case the outermost series of the perianth will be calyx ; one 

 reason for adopting this supposition, besides the axillary bodies, is 

 that there is no gradation between the small concave leaves of the 

 calyx, and the outer series of the perianth. 



November 1st. — Halted for fishing : Cyprinus Mrigala, is the Mhoori 

 of these parts ; it grows to a large size, is a handsome fish, and is 

 indeed considered the king of fishes by the Punjabees. The intestines 

 are in longitudinal folds of extremely small comparative diameter, 

 and enormous length ; in a large specimen it is twenty-three times 

 the length of the body. The intestines of the Mahaseer are on the 

 other hand only two and a quarter times the length of the body ! 



Of the fish obtained, two are Perilamps, here called Rohi, 

 5 or 6 Cyprinides, 

 4 or 5 Siluri, 



2 Ophiocephali, 

 1 Esox. 



Indeed I obtained a list of twenty-four species. 

 2nd. — To Goograuwala, twenty-four and a half miles, over a fine 

 populous generally cultivated country. Goograuwala is a large town, 



