Shikarpur (4 do.).—On the river; crossed to the east side. Haidarabad (3 coss).—One and a half coss from the river Indus. Haidarabad to Nasarpur, nine coss; to Sheodadpur, eleven do.; to Sheopuri, seventeen do.; to Rohri-Bakhar, six do.—total forty-three coss. Haidarabad via Umarkot, to Jaisalmer Sindu Khan ki-basti (3 do.).—West bank of Phuleli river. Tajpur (3 do.).—Large town, north-east of Haidarabad [335]. Katrel (1½ do.).—A hundred houses. Nasarpur (1½ do.).—East of Tajpur, large town. Alahyar-ka-Tanda (4 do.).—A considerable town built by Alahyar Khan, brother of the late Ghulam Ali, and lying south-east of Nasarpur. Two coss north of the town is the Sangra Nala or Bawa,[8.2.73] said to issue from the Indus between Hala and Sakrand and passing Jandila. Mirbah (5 do.).—Forty houses; _Bah_, _Tanda_, _Got_, _Purwa_, are all synonymous terms for habitations of various degrees. Sunaria (7 do.).—Forty houses. Dangana (4 do.).—To this hamlet extend the flats of Sind. Sandhills five and six miles distant to the north. A small river runs under Dangana. Karsana (7 do.).—A hundred houses. Two coss east of Karsana are the remains of an ancient city; brick buildings still remaining, with well and reservoirs. Sandhills two to three coss to the northward. Umarkot (8 do.).—There is one continued plain from Haidarabad to Umarkot, which is built on the low ground at the very extremity of the _thal_ or sand-hills of the desert, here commencing. In all this space, estimated at forty-four kachha coss, or almost seventy miles of horizontal distance, as far as Sunaria the soil is excellent, and plentifully irrigated by bawahs, or canals from the Indus. Around the villages there is considerable cultivation; but notwithstanding the natural fertility, there is a vast quantity of jungle, chiefly babul (_Mimosa arabica_), the evergreen _thal_, and _thal_ or tamarisk. From Sunaria to Umarkot is one continued jungle, in which there are a few cultivated patches dependent on the heavens for irrigation; the soil is not so good as the first portion of the route. Katar (4 do.).—A mile east of Umarkot commences the _thal_ or sandhills, the ascent a hundred and fifty to two hundred feet. A few huts of Samaichas who pasture; two wells. Dhat-ki-basti (4 do.).—A few huts; one well; Dhats, Sodhas, and Sindis cultivate and pasture. Dharnas (8 coss).—A hundred houses, chiefly Pokharna Brahmans and Banias, who purchase up the _thal_ from the pastoral tribes, which they export to Bhuj and the valley. It is also an entrepôt for trade; caravans from the east exchange their goods for the _thal_, here very cheap, from the vast flocks pastured in the Rui. Kherlu-ka-Par (3 do.).—Numerous springs (_thal_) and hamlets scattered throughout this tract.