_Chittram_, the name applied to these flats of hard soil (which Mr. Elphinstone happily describes, by saying that it rings under the horses’ hoofs in marching over it), is literally ‘the picture,’ from the circumstance of such spots almost constantly presenting the mirage, here termed _chittram_. How far the soil, so deeply impregnated with alkaline matter, may tend to heighten, if not to cause this, we have elsewhere noted in a general account of this optical phenomenon in various parts of northern India. Footnote 8.2.67: [Sarkanda, _Saccharum sara_ or _arundinaceum_; dhāman, _Pennisetum cenchroides_; dūb, _Cynodon dactylon_; gokhru, _Tribulus lancigenosus_; bharūt, _Cenchrus catharticus_.] Footnote 8.2.68: [The tomato, introduced in modern times into India, generally called _wilāyati baingan_, ‘the foreign egg-plant.’] Footnote 8.2.69: [Many of the places named in this Itinerary are merely temporary halting-places in the desert, which do not appear in modern maps. Hence, in several cases, the transliteration is conjectural, and depends on the method of the Author in the case of well-known localities. A series of similar routes is given by Lieut. A. H. E. Boileau, _Narrative of a Tour through Rajwara in 1835_ (Calcutta, 1837), p. 192 ff.] Footnote 8.2.70: There are two routes from Mulana to Sehwan. The Dhati went the longest on account of water. The other is by Sakrand, as follows: Coss. Coss. Palri 5 Sakrand 3 ┐ [8.2.70.A] Padshah-ki-basti 6 Nala 0-½ │ This Udani 5 Makrand 4 │ appears Mitrao 10 Koka-ki-basti 6 │ very Mir-ki-khoi 6 The Sind 10 │ circuitous. Supari 5 Sehwan 0-½ ┘ Kambhar-ka-nala 9 Footnote 8.2.70.A: Town high road from Upper to Lower Sind. Footnote 8.2.71: