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LOODIANAH TO SIMLA. 



Bhangun. — Gobio, a handsome fish, not esteemed. 



Poiea. — Systomus, takes bait — worms; affords good sport and 

 reaches to one seer, but is not esteemed ; colours ordinary. 



Systomus, a beautiful fish, back shining green, sides yellow, scales 

 beautifully striate, with a spot near the tail; mostly found in still water. 



Gonorrhynchus. — Snout rough, colours sombre, belly somewhat 

 protuberant ; found with Systomus. The intestines are of the usual 

 form of the genus. 



Gonorrhynchus, a sombre smaller fish, found in still water. 



Bura Chalwa. — Much esteemed as food in the districts of the 

 Sutledge. 



Perilampus. — Intestines shorter than the body, having at the lower 

 end a short curve ; above green, from lateral line downwards silvery. 



Moh. — A Siluroid fish, does not attain the size of the real Moh, 

 which is a higher or deeper formed fish. 



Tengrei. — Silurus platycephalus. Attains a very large size. 



Gudha. — A Percoid. Colour irregular brown, mouth very pro- 

 tractile. 



Gughal. — Ophiocephalus, a handsome fish, back rich greenish, 

 mottled brown, with 3 or 4 black spots on the sides, which are yellow ; 

 passing off into white, and a peacock spot on the tail. Fins spotted 

 with white : it reaches a large size. 



Bham. — Macrognathus, body eel-shaped, with a row of movable 

 spines along the back. 



About Loodianah, the Naiad of Affghanistan, Monandra, stig- 

 matibus reniformibus, is common in the Nullah, so also is Butomus 

 begonifolius, but this may be a leafless form of Sagittaria. 



Towards Roopur, Sissoo becomes more and more common. Roopur 

 is a largish town, with a Seikh pucka fort on a mound. The fort is 

 surrounded by a dry ditch. The town is situated on a low, rather 

 rugged ground, forming the first elevations of the surface towards 

 the Himalayas ; beyond it to the north-east is a low spur, also to the 

 west a similar spur, very barren, rugged, clayey rock forming the 

 immediate bank of the river. Every thing assimilates to the Bukriala 

 and Jhilun ranges. Saccharum, Moong, as before, Bheir likewise 

 occurs. 



Phoenix, Dalbergia sissoo, Ficus, Adhatoda, Boerhaavia scandens, 

 Hyperanthera, Morus, Apluda, Tamarisk, Riccia, Ammannia, Euphor- 

 bia antiquorum, Cactus, and Dodonsea, form the chief vegetation. 



Some rapids occur near the Bungalow : the strongest is under a 

 cliff on the opposite side ; no fish rose to red or black hackle or 



