1 SHE—SHI. 19]
2 near the right bank of the Indus, in lat. 29° 49’, long.
3 70° 51’.
4 SHESHA NAG.—A lake in the Punjab, among the moun- Vigne, i. 370.
5 tains inclosing Kashmir‘on the north. Its water is discharged
6 into the Lidur, one of the principal feeders of the Jailum or
7 Behut, and by some considered the genuine head of that river.
8 It lies in a limestone formation, and is 13,000 feet above the sea.
9 “Lat. 34° 7’, long. 75° 34’.
10 SHIGHUR, in Bultistan, or Little ‘Tibet, a fort on a spur of Vigne, ii. 250, 269,
11 rock running from one of the ranges connected with the south-
12 ern part of the great mountain of Mooztaugh. It is naturally
13 accessible on the side next the mountain, and in another part has
14 been made so by means of stairs cut in the rock. The valley,
15 twenty-four miles long and four or five wide, is very wild, and
16 marked by features of great sublimity, being inclosed by vast rocky
17 mountains with summits always covered with snow. At its upper
18 extremity is a copious spring, having a temperature of 109°. A con-~
19 siderable river, rising in the Moogtaugh, holds a southerly course
20 along the bottom of the valley, and falls into the Indus at
21 Nynsuk, opposite to the rock of Iskardo. Lat. 35° 21’, long.
22 75
23 Caishoon 1 in Sinde, a town the most important in the ! Burnes, iit. 227,
24 277; Wood, Oxus,
25 country in a commercial point of view, and probably the most 54; ‘Burnes’ Pors.
26 populous, though not possessing the distinction of being re- er wy oie
27 garded as the capital. It is situate fifteen miles due west of the morco of Shikar-
28 Indus, in a country so low and level that, by means of canals from Pescl Boa ct
29 that river, it is, during the inundation, extensively flooded, and so pines between
30 arpoor and
31 completely is the soil saturated with moisture, that, by digging to Marwar, og, 70.
32 the depth of twelve or fifteen feet, water may at any time be obtained
33 in quantity almost without limit. The Sinde canal, dug from the
34 Indus, passes within a mile of the town, and proceeds south-west to
35 Larkhana. It is navigable for large boats during four months of
36 the year. Though the inundation? leaves extensive tracts covered * Postans, Memo-
37 with stagnant water, and the heat is excessive, the climate is not cs hod
38 considered insalubrious, except towards the end of September, Spare
39 when agues prevail. The soil is alluvial, being the deposit of the 1, 169; Kennedy,
40 waters of the canals and channels. It is so rich as to require no Hi 1075 Tough, ao
41 manure, producing very great crops in return of culture and irri-
42 gation. The town is surrounded by flourishing groves and or-
43 chards, yielding in abundance dates, mangoes, oranges, mulberries,