1 INTRODUCTION.
2 AT the present time, the territory of Bahawalpur is
3 bounded on the east by the British possessions of Sirsa,
4 and on the west by the river Indus; the river Garra
5 forms its northern boundary, and Bikaner and Jeyselmeer
6 are on its southern frontier. Its length, from Rana-Wuttro
7 on the east to Subzul-Kot on the west, is calculated at
8 216 koss, or 324 English miles. Its breadth varies
9 much: in some parts it is eighty, and in others from sixty
10 to fifteen miles.
11 Since the conquest of Sindh by the British Govern.
12 ment, the districts of Subzul-Kot and Bhoongara, of
13 which Bahawalpur had been dispossessed by the Ameers
14 of Sindh, have been restored, as a reward for the Nawab’s
15 fidelity. In 1844, the Khan ceded to the British Go-
16 vernment a strip of land on the Sutlej, bordering on the
17 Sirea frontier.
18 In the vicinity of the river, from within thirty to six
19 miles, the land is rich and productive, but degenerates into
20 an arid beach as it approaches the sandy desert to the south.
21 The desert is incapable of cultivation. It is the resort of
22 the Gullas of camels and other cattle, who find plenty of
23 forage. In good seasons, the land commonly produces crope
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