in Seinde, was lately a strong fortress in the Thur or Great Sandy Desert, separating that province from the rajpoet state of Jessulmere. As scarcely a drop of fresh water can be had on the route from Seinde after leaving Choonkee, distant about fifty miles from Emaum Embalming.

Ghur, this fortress was generally considered by the Amours as an inexpugnable place of refuge. On this account, when the disputes between them and the British came to extremity, Sir Charles Napier determined at all risks to attempt its seizure. Setting out in January 1843 with fifty cavalry, two twenty-four pound howitzers drawn by camels, and three hundred and fifty European infantry mounted on animals of the same description—two on each, he, after a very trying march of three days over a succession of steep sandhills, reached the fort, which was immediately surrendered. The captor describes it as "exceedingly strong against any force without artillery. The walls are forty feet high, one tower is fifty feet high, and built of burned bricks. It is square, with eight round towers, surrounded by an exterior wall of fifteen feet high, lately built. There are some bomb-proof chambers." Twenty thousand pounds of powder were found in various places built up for its concealment. These were employed in springing thirty-four mines, which reduced the fort to a mass of ruins, shapeless and irretrievable. The British force marched back to the interior of Scinde without any loss. Emam Ghur is in Lat. 26° 31', Long. 69° 31' (E.T.)