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CHAP. XVII.
THE RUN OF CUTCH.
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lime mixed with other substances, which has a red
and yellow petrified appearance ; it takes on a toler-
ably good polish, and some members of the faithful
pretend to read Arabic words, or letters of the
Koran, on these stones. It was used in the mosaic
works of all the Moghul emperors, and is commonly
called Dookur-warra marble by Europeans. North
of the Bheyla hills lies Parkur, a district peninsu-
lated by the Run, having the lofty hills of Kalinjur,
of a formation differing from Cutch, where they are
almost all sandstone. They are primitive rocks,
rising in small cones one upon another, as if they
had dropped from the clouds; the summit is com-
posed of trap, which extends for about a third of the
way down, and the base is red granite, which rings
when struck. These hills are separated from Cutch
by a low tract of the Run, upwards of thirty miles
broad, without an intervening bush. The whole
northern face of Cutch, from Bheyla on the east to
Lucput on the west, presents, with a few exceptions,
either a rocky or an elevated bank. From Nurra
to Lucput the rocks terminate abruptly, and form
what would be called capes, cliffs, and promontories,
if the water washed under them. When the imme-
diate vicinity of the Run is not of this description,
it stretches inland, exactly as water would do when
not resisted.
The sea is receding from the southern shores of
Cutch; and I believe it is a generally received
conclusion that there is a depression of its level
throughout the globe, though in some places it has
risen. We may, therefore, suppose the ocean to
Y 2
THE RUN OF CUTCH.
323
lime mixed with other substances, which has a red
and yellow petrified appearance ; it takes on a toler-
ably good polish, and some members of the faithful
pretend to read Arabic words, or letters of the
Koran, on these stones. It was used in the mosaic
works of all the Moghul emperors, and is commonly
called Dookur-warra marble by Europeans. North
of the Bheyla hills lies Parkur, a district peninsu-
lated by the Run, having the lofty hills of Kalinjur,
of a formation differing from Cutch, where they are
almost all sandstone. They are primitive rocks,
rising in small cones one upon another, as if they
had dropped from the clouds; the summit is com-
posed of trap, which extends for about a third of the
way down, and the base is red granite, which rings
when struck. These hills are separated from Cutch
by a low tract of the Run, upwards of thirty miles
broad, without an intervening bush. The whole
northern face of Cutch, from Bheyla on the east to
Lucput on the west, presents, with a few exceptions,
either a rocky or an elevated bank. From Nurra
to Lucput the rocks terminate abruptly, and form
what would be called capes, cliffs, and promontories,
if the water washed under them. When the imme-
diate vicinity of the Run is not of this description,
it stretches inland, exactly as water would do when
not resisted.
The sea is receding from the southern shores of
Cutch; and I believe it is a generally received
conclusion that there is a depression of its level
throughout the globe, though in some places it has
risen. We may, therefore, suppose the ocean to
Y 2