Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c30.t2.209

v2.c30.t2.209

Face of the Country.—The greater part of Jaisalmer is *thal*, or *rui*, both terms meaning ‘a desert waste.’ From Lohwar, on the Jodhpur frontier, to Khara, the remote angle touching Sind, the country may be described as a continuous tract of arid sand, frequently rising into lofty *tibas* (sand-hills), in some parts covered with low jungle. This line, which nearly bisects Jaisalmer, is also the line of demarcation of positive sterility and comparative cultivation. To the north is one uniform and naked waste; to the south are ridges of rock termed *magra*, *rui*, and light soil [280].