Thursday_, _7th_.--The country continues much the same. Of birds the
black and white peewit is not uncommon;--cormorants, etc. also occur.
P.M. Thermometer 90 degrees.

_Friday_, _8th_.--The country is more low and more sub-divided by rivers
than before. Abundance of indigo. Pumps also used, as before observed,
for raising water. Passed Moodoo Kully at 5 P.M., and left its river for
a small nullah. Indigo abundant on all sides throughout the day's
journey.

_Saturday_, _9th_.--Continue in this nullah. Country wooded. Phaenix
sylvestris very abundant: Areca Catechu also becoming abundant. A good
deal of cultivation occurs, mottled chiefly with sugar-cane and
vegetables. The habits of the black and white kingfisher, Alcedo rudis,
are different from those of the other Indian species: it never perches,
choosing rather the ground to rest upon: it builds in banks: takes its
prey by striking it from a height of 20 feet or thereabouts, previously
fluttering or hovering over it. The size and figure of this bird when
resting on the ground, resembles the two common Indian Terns.

Palms, contrary to what might be supposed from the nature of these
plants, can put forth additional buds;--this is exemplified in phaenix
sylvestris, the stems of which are deeply and alternately notched by the
natives for procuring toddy. When this is carried to a great extent, the
tree either dies or a new apex is formed laterally. The old notches, as
might be expected, at length, become much obliterated. It is from the
study of such palms that much light will be thrown on the growth of
monocotyledonous stems. The vegetation of jheels is now obviously
commencing. Pistia stratioles, Nymphaea, Potamogeton, Potamochloa,
Oplismenus stagninus, and Villarsia occur. Reached Furreedpore at 7 P.M.

_Sunday_, _10th_.--Came on the Paddo, an immense stream 1.5 miles wide,
with a very strong current, about a mile to the East of Furreedpore.
Lagerstraemia Regina here occurs.

_Monday_, _11th_.--The country is become much lower since leaving
Furreedpore, and is inundated during the height of the rains. The
peculiar vegetation of jheels predominant; that of the jungle continues
much the same. Plhugoor continues plentiful. No palmyras. Mangoes
plentiful, but small. Passed a deserted Roman Catholic Chapel, and
Priest's house. White-winged long-nailed water-hens becoming plentiful.

_Tuesday_, _12th_.--The country abounds more in jheels: in man