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MEMOIR OF THE INDUS. chap. xvn.
" In the evening we anchored at the turn of the tide,
" and at twelve o'clock next day we passed Sindree,
" which is about thirty miles from Lucput, and depend-
" ent on it, with a small garrison of sepoys : it is a small
" fort, with a few huts outside, and one well: the creek
u here is about a mile and a quarter broad, and has a
" ferry across. The travellers who take this route to
" Sinde are not numerous, and leave no vestige of a
" road in the light sand, of which the dry part of the
" Run is composed. The heat of the meridian sun is
" said to be so intense, that they generally travel in the
" night. From Sindree, by land, the next stage is about
C{ twenty-four mile*s to Baura, after which the Run ends,
" and water becomes tolerably plentiful.
(C We passed Sindree, and observed several inferior
" branches leading through the Run, among which we
" saw a few straggling men and women; about twenty
" miles beyond Sindree, we reached Aly Bunder, at
ff eight o'clock at night, and came to anchor close to the
'f mound which confines the fresh water : when the day
" appeared, we observed it to be a poor mud village, of
" about fifty huts, and a tower of the same unsubstan-
" tial materials. Here we encamped for the purpose
5? of collecting the boats from the freshwater side of the
" mound, and not finding a sufficient number, several
" of those we brought with us were dragged over: this,
" however, was a work of three days ; and, during that
u time, from the nature of the soil, wTe were annoyed
" by the dust in such a manner as would scarcely be
ec believed by those who had not been in a similar
" situation : the sun was completely obscured by it ;
cc an object at the distance of 100 yards was invisible;
" and the natives moving about were so disguised, that
" their colour was not distinguishable. The soil of the
iC Run is a mixture of fine sand and the salt deposited
" by the inundation. This, dried by several months'
" sun, becomes a most impalpable powder. The Run,
MEMOIR OF THE INDUS. chap. xvn.
" In the evening we anchored at the turn of the tide,
" and at twelve o'clock next day we passed Sindree,
" which is about thirty miles from Lucput, and depend-
" ent on it, with a small garrison of sepoys : it is a small
" fort, with a few huts outside, and one well: the creek
u here is about a mile and a quarter broad, and has a
" ferry across. The travellers who take this route to
" Sinde are not numerous, and leave no vestige of a
" road in the light sand, of which the dry part of the
" Run is composed. The heat of the meridian sun is
" said to be so intense, that they generally travel in the
" night. From Sindree, by land, the next stage is about
C{ twenty-four mile*s to Baura, after which the Run ends,
" and water becomes tolerably plentiful.
(C We passed Sindree, and observed several inferior
" branches leading through the Run, among which we
" saw a few straggling men and women; about twenty
" miles beyond Sindree, we reached Aly Bunder, at
ff eight o'clock at night, and came to anchor close to the
'f mound which confines the fresh water : when the day
" appeared, we observed it to be a poor mud village, of
" about fifty huts, and a tower of the same unsubstan-
" tial materials. Here we encamped for the purpose
5? of collecting the boats from the freshwater side of the
" mound, and not finding a sufficient number, several
" of those we brought with us were dragged over: this,
" however, was a work of three days ; and, during that
u time, from the nature of the soil, wTe were annoyed
" by the dust in such a manner as would scarcely be
ec believed by those who had not been in a similar
" situation : the sun was completely obscured by it ;
cc an object at the distance of 100 yards was invisible;
" and the natives moving about were so disguised, that
" their colour was not distinguishable. The soil of the
iC Run is a mixture of fine sand and the salt deposited
" by the inundation. This, dried by several months'
" sun, becomes a most impalpable powder. The Run,