1 LUR—LUS. 29
2 LURROO,' or DURROO, in Kashmir, on the route from ibis he
3 the Banihal Pass to Islamabad, and about eight miles south of
4 the latter place. At the time of Forster’s visit, it was a small
5 but very populous town. It does not appear to be mentioned by
6 Vigne or other late travellers, and it is not improbable that it
7 may have becn completely ruined in the dreadful depopulation
8 which, within the last few years, has afflicted Kashmir. Wilson? a pha
9 conjectures it to be identical with Lolora or Looloo, mentioned Mist. of Kashmir.
10 in the Ayeen AR®ry% to have had eighty crore of houses. ? ii. 158.
11 Abulfazel,4 however, states that Looloo was in Kamraj, or the ‘ii. 150.
12 western division of Kashmir, and Lurroo is, according to Fors-
13 ter’s account, in the south-eastern part of the valley. Lat. 33°
14 36’,-long. 75° 6’.
15 V LUS,! or LUSSA, a province of Beloochistan, bounded on! BiG Me Dons
16 the north by Jhalawan; on the east by Sinde, from which, bag nee
17 along its whole course, it is separated by the Hubb river ; on, the
18 south by the Indian Ocean; and on the west by Mekran. It
19 lies between lat. 24° 50’—-26° 15’, long. 65° 28’—-67° 18’, is
20 sixty miles in breadth from north to south, one hundred and ten
21 miles in length from east to west, and Aive thousand two hundred
22 square miles in superficial men is in general rather level, §
23 especially towards the sea-coast (where the soil is impregnated,
24 with salt), and along the shore rises into sand-hills of moderat
25 height.? In the eastern part a range of mountains extends from ? Hed pe
26 north to south, being the continuation of the Hala range, known Hart, Acc. of a
27 by the names of the Pubb or Brahooic mountains, and termi- ie ate
28 nating at the sea in Cape Monze. Across this range, in lat.
29 25° 23’, is an important pass, leading from Sinde to Sonmeeanee,
30 and the route by which, proceeding westward, forms the pro-
31 longed sea-coast line of communication with Persia. In the ® Masson, Kalst,
32 western part of the province is another mountain range, similarly os
33 ae north and south. /The country between these is level,
34 or slightly broken by low hills, having an unproductive soil
35 covered with stunted woods, or scanty pasture, grazed by horned
36 cattle, goats, sheep, and numerous herds of camels. There are
37 two rivers or torrents, the Poorally and the Hubb. The Poo-
38 rally rises in Jhalawan, crosses the northern frontier, and, taking
39 a course nearly due south, falls into the sea a few miles west
40 of Sonmeeanee. It is in general a shallow stream, rolling over
41 a wide and rugged bed, but, when swollen with rain, it becomes a