'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎129] (158/524)

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Report on Dhnr Yaroo in tlie Shikarpoor Collectorate, by Assistant
Surgeon Lalor, B. A.
At the conclusion of this paper Dr. Felly stated that “ the Salvadore
Persica” or Pelor Tree, is the one from which wood is chiefly, if
not entirely, obtained for making the lacquered boxes known as Hydra-
had or Sind work. The Pelor tree is also a favourite food of camels.
Water in the neighbourhood of the place described by Dr. Lalor is at
first sight altogether wanting, but as in the beds of nullahs in Cutchee
and other places on the frontier of Sind, is almost always procurable by
scratching a hole to the depth of a very few feet in the lower levels of
the many ravines which intersect the whole of that part of the country.
There are also here and there mineral springs I believe met with. 5 ’
The Honorable the President, Dr. Birdwood, and several of the
Members present having offered some observations on the subject of
the paper, the warmest thanks of the Society were unanimously voted
to His Excellency the Governor in Council for this interesting com
munication, and to the donors for their valuable presents to the Library.
The Meeting then adjourned to Thursday, January 19th, 1865.
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