Bhojka (3 do.).—One coss to the left is the direct road to Basanki, seven coss from Chandan. Basanki-talao (5 do.).—One hundred houses; Paliwals. Moklet (1½ do.).—Twelve houses; Pokharna Brahmans. Jaisalmer (4 do.).—From Pokaran to Udhania, the road is over a low ridge of rocks; thence to Lahti is a well-cultivated plain, the ridge being on the left. A small _thal_ intervenes at Sodhakur, thence to Chandan, plain. From Chandan to Basanki the road again traverses the low ridge, increasing in height, and with occasional cultivation, to Jaisalmer [344]. Bikaner to Ikhtyar Khan-ki Garhi, on the Indus. Nai-ki-basti (4 do.) ┐ Gajner (5 do.) │ Sandy plains; water at all these villages. Gurha (5 do.) ├ From Girajsar, the Jaisalmer frontier, the Bitnok (5 do.) │ _thal_, or sand-hills commence, and continue Girajsar (8 do.) │ moderate to Bikampur. Narai (4 do.) ┘ Bikampur (9 do.) ┌ Bikampur to Mohangarh, _thal_ or desert all Mohangarh (16 do.) │ the way, having considerable sand-hills └ and jungle. Nachna (16 do.).—_thal_, or sand-hills throughout this space. Narai (9 do.).—A Brahman village. Nohar-ki-Garhi (24 do.).—Deep _thal_ or desert; the frontier garrison of Sind; the garhi, or castle, held by Haji Khan. Murid Kot (24 coss).—_thal_, high sand-hills. Garhi Ikhtyar Khan-ki (18 do.)—The best portion of this through the Kachhi, or flats of the valley. Garhi on the Indus. Total 147 coss, equal to 220½ miles, the coss being about a mile and a half each; 200 English miles of horizontal distance to be protracted [345]. ----- Footnote 8.2.1: From _par_, ‘beyond,’ and _kar_ or _khar_, synonymous with _Luni_, the ‘salt-river.’ We have several Khari Nadis, or salt-rivulets, in Rajputana, though only one Luni. The sea is frequently called the Luna-pani, ‘the salt-water,’ or Khara-pani, metamorphosed into Kala-pani, or ‘the black water,’ which is by no means insignificant. [The proposed etymology of Pārkar is impossible, and _Khārā_, ‘saline,’ has no connexion with _Kālā_, ‘black.’] Footnote 8.2.2: [An account of the travels of Withington or Whithington is given in _Purchas his Pilgrimes_, ed. 1625, i. 483. Mr. W. Foster, who is engaged on a new edition, describes the story as interesting, but muddled in history and geography.] Footnote 8.2.3: [Briggs’ trans. i. 69, but compare Elliot-Dowson iv. 180.] Footnote 8.2.4: [See Vol. II. p. 807.] Footnote 8.2.5: [Dharanīdhar, the Kūrma or tortoise, ‘supporter of the earth,’ the second incarnation of Vishnu. At Dhema in Tharād a fair is held in honour of Dharanīdharji (_BG_, v. 300, 342).] Footnote 8.2.6: