14th.—­Detained till 12 P.M. by bad weather.  Sissoo not uncommon but small, Babool, the true sweet scented sort.  The Colocynth seen in fruit much like an apple, not ribbed; it has the usual structure of the order, viz. 3-carpellary with revolute placentae, so much so, that they are placed near the circumference; seeds very numerous, surrounded with pulp, not arillate:  no separation taking place; oval, brown, smooth.  In fields here, a wild strong smelling Umbellifera occurs, called Dhunnea, used as a potherb, and esteemed very fragrant by the natives.  Besides the absence of an arillus, there is another anomaly about the above Colycynth, which is, that between each placenta a broad partition projects from the wall of the fruit, usually provided with 3-septa, so as to be divided into two chambers, these contain seeds, the funiculi passing completely through them; seeds are also contained between the outermost septa and the placentae themselves.

Passed two or three villages.  The Persian wheels continue in vogue; their site is always on a sufficiently high and tenacious bank.  I observed some wells, communicating with the river by an archway in the bank.  Most of the cattle are blinded by the conical blinkers or hoods over the eyes.

15th.—­Halted at a village partly washed away, surrounded by a good deal of wheat and radish cultivation.  The mango tree and Moringa also occur here with the larger Babool, which invariably has long white thorns.  The small Sissoo still occurs.  Snake bird seen, black crowned tern.

The river remains most uninteresting; the banks are low and covered chiefly with Jhow.  In many places recent shells are very abundant, but do not appear to be composed of more than three species.  Reseda, Oligandra in fields.

16th.—­No change in the country.  Heavy fog yesterday morning; to-day strongish north-east winds.  Grass and Jhow about equal.

17th.—­Cloudy, drizzling, raw weather; river more sluggish; more villages and more cultivation:  Phascum, and Gymnostomum common on tenacious sand banks.

18th.—­Weather unsettled; windy and rainy. Jhow and grass jungle continue, Tamarisk, Furas fine specimens, Fumaria continues in fields, Capparis aphylla, which has something of a Cactoid habit, and whose branches abound with stomata, Reseda.

19th.—­Weather finer but still cloudy, north-east wind still prevalent, and impeding our progress in some of the reaches very much.  Salvadora, Capparis aphylla, Phulahi, Bheir, large Babool, Furas, Ranunculus sceleratus:  Jhow and grass jungle are the prevailing features.  Current much the same, only occasionally sluggish.  Pelicans, black-headed adjutants, (Ardea capita,) wild geese, ducks very numerous in the jheels formed by alteration in the course of the river; the country