. Journals of travels in Assam, Burma, Bootan, Affghanistan and the neighbouring countries . lesand the want of branches for a long way above their mouths. Jack-daws were the first old acquaintances I met with on entering Pesha-wur; and the common kite, the Affghan one not having the samethrilling cry that the Indian one has ; grey partridges are found aboutNowshera; as also Kuchaloo or Yams. \9th.—Proceeded over the plain to Chuch and Khot-bha, wind-ing along the Attock hill round to the fort, and passing the Serai, andanother smaller one in ruins near the plains, thence over level groundto w
. Journals of travels in Assam, Burma, Bootan, Affghanistan and the neighbouring countries . lesand the want of branches for a long way above their mouths. Jack-daws were the first old acquaintances I met with on entering Pesha-wur; and the common kite, the Affghan one not having the samethrilling cry that the Indian one has ; grey partridges are found aboutNowshera; as also Kuchaloo or Yams. \9th.—Proceeded over the plain to Chuch and Khot-bha, wind-ing along the Attock hill round to the fort, and passing the Serai, andanother smaller one in ruins near the plains, thence over level groundto within two miles of Bhowli, where conspicuous trees were observ-ed, otherwise the plain is rather barren, a few Bheirs and some Phoe-nix only occurring about villages on hills. The vegetation is the plain, where not cultivated, is covered with short coarse gras-ses, Andropogonese. Among these a large-leaved Salvia forms presented by the vegetation are however very little diver-sified. Mudar, a small-fruited Kochia, like that of Jallalabad ; Bcer-haavia very C a. Indus. b. Cabul river. c. Attock range, d. Afredi Spur. 492 PESHAWUR TO LMIORE. Cultivation is conducted in Bheir fences, and consists of Indian-corn, Bajra, and cotton. From the Attock hills, the Indus is seen much divided by beds ofsand, and churs or islands covered with a large purple continues to Attock and even extends beyond. Water plants of Chuch, Trapa, Valisneria verticillata, andNym-phsca. Shumshbad.—This town lies to the left of the road, one mile inthe rear of my encampment. The spines of Barleria are evidently axillary, as is seen in youngbranches, probably they represent the lower pair of leaves of thelateral branches, the terminal parts of which have a tendency todevelope. The spines of Mimosa belong evidently to the same exertion as theleaf; they are connate at the base, and from the centre of this har-dened part, arises the leaf; they may be either the
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