"It is, I believe, a space without a counterpart on the globe ; differing as widely from what is termed the sandy desert as it differs from the cultivated plain; neither does it resemble the steppes of Russia, but may justly be considered of a nature peculiar to itself. No where is that singular phenomenon the mirage or sirab of the desert, or, as the natives most aptly term it, dulchan (smoke or vapour), seen to greater advantage than on the Runn. The smallest shrubs on it have at a distance the appearance of a forest ; and, on a nearer approach, assume sometimes that of ships in full sail, at others that of breakers on a rock. In one instance, I observed a cluster of bushes, which looked like a pier with tall-masted vessels lying close up to it, and on approaching, not a bank was near the shrubs to account for the deception. From it, too, the hills of Cutch seem more lofty, and to have merged into the clouds, their bases being obscured by vapour. The wild ass, or khar gada, is the only inhabitant of this desolate region."
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