=Melons.=—Of the cucurbitaceous genus, indigenous to the desert, they have various kinds, from the gigantic _kharbuza_ and the _chitra_, to the dwarf _guar_. The tomato, whose Indian name I have not preserved, is also a native of these regions, and well known in other parts of India.[8.2.68] We shall trespass no further with these details, than to add, that the botanical names of all such trees, shrubs, or grains, as occur in this work, will be given with the general _Index_, to avoid unnecessary repetition [331]. ------------------ ITINERARY[8.2.69] Jaisalmer to Sehwan, on the right bank of the Indus, and Haidarabad, and return by Umarkot to Jaisalmer Kuldra (5 coss).—A village inhabited by Paliwal Brahmans; two hundred houses; wells. Gajia-ki-basti (2 do.).—Sixty houses; chiefly Brahmans; wells. Khaba (3 do.).—Three hundred houses; chiefly Brahmans; a small fort of four bastions on low hills, having a garrison of Jaisalmer. Kanohi (5 do.).┐—An assemblage of hamlets of four or five huts on one Sum (5 do.).┘ spot, about a mile distant from each other, conjointly called Sum, having a _burj_ or tower for defence, garrisoned from Jaisalmer; several large wells, termed _beria_; inhabitants, chiefly Sindis of various tribes, pasture their flocks, and bring salt and _khara_ (natron) from Deo Chandeswar, the latter used as a mordant in fixing colours, exported to all parts. Half-way between Sum and Mulana is the boundary of Jaisalmer and Sind. Mulana[8.2.70] (24 coss).—A hamlet of ten huts; chiefly Sindis; situated amidst lofty sandhills. From Sum, the first half of the journey is over alternate sandhills, rocky ridges (termed _magra_), and occasionally plain; for the next three, rocky ridges and sandhills without any flats, and the remaining nine coss a succession of lofty _tibas_. In all this space of twenty-four coss there are no wells, nor is a drop of water to be had but after rain, when it collects in some old tanks or reservoirs, called _nadi_ and _taba_, situated half-way, where in past times there was a town.