be a waste of low sand banks stretching to a great extent, and the
extreme banks are very remote, so as generally not to be visible.

_31st_.--Arrived at Uzeeypore about 9 A.M. Here we found horses and
camels for our conveyance to Shikarpore. Uzeeypore appears to be a well
frequented passage of the river, although we did not see any ferry boats.
Bukkur is visible from it, apparently occupying a hill almost to the
extreme right of a low range running south-west; it is seven or eight
coss distant. We left for Shikarpore about 2.5 P.M. and reached about 7
P.M.: the distance is said to be twenty-four miles; the road is generally
very sandy, although the sand is not very deep; the substratum being
solid. We passed some cultivation and a few villages, at one of which
(Khye) there is a neat sort of fortification; here we changed horses. The
jungle throughout consisted of Furas, Tamarisk, Salvadora, _Phulahi_
parva, the prickly Leguminosa, with the habit of Fagonia, Calotropis
Hamiltonii, Saccharum.

Shikarpore is not visible until one reaches the clearing around the town;
in the twilight it appears to be a very large place.

_February 2nd_.--We do not proceed to Larkhanu, as daily news from
Hyderabad is expected. I see nothing likely to interest me about this
place; there is absolutely not a flower to be got any where. The jungles
consist of _Jhow_, small _Furas_, _Rairoo_, a small arbusculoid Mimosa,
_Kureel_, and Ukko, Calotropis Hamiltonii; _Bheirs_ shrubby; one of the
most abundant plants is the _Joussa_ or prickly Leguminosa, with the
habit of Fagonia; some of the saline loving Compositae, No. 51, frutex 2-
3 pedalis, foliis carnosis lanceolato-spathulatis, sessilibus. Corymbis
et Cymi axillaribus et terminalibus pauci capitat. Floscules
inconspicuis, also occurs. Near the Shah's tents there is a grove of
_Phulahi_, all more or less demolished, and a good many _Khujoors_. Hares
and grey partridges appear common. The changes of temperature are very
great; in the mornings and evenings it is cold; in the afternoon the
thermometer reaches as high as 82 degrees.

_9th_.--Shikarpore is getting hotter every day: thermometer ranges from
40 degrees to 85 degrees.

_15th_.--The heat continued to increase until the 12th; the range of
thermometer being from 50 degrees to 95 degrees; the evenings gradually
became hotter, and the night although cool, had the peculiar thrilling
coolness of tropical nights.

On the 12th