Jan. 24th have variously erased since I fields. 4:25pm. Edge I and land; abandoned farms. Blue haze appears to be smoke. Several smoke columns now evident. Number SSW ridges W and country but many large pods near river. Water with high salt content? No farms here but present along river nearby. Pods confined to vicinity of river. Perhaps pods cased by damming, but no well defined earth work seen. We must now be over the Than or Indian Desert. 4:35pm. Now great patches I dunes (orange colored) appearing. Dune crests E-W, winded to SSW and Engratulated ridges, brown, dotted with shield plants trend SSW-NNE. Even in this and region are occasional clearing. 4:45pm. Dry looking fields beginning to appear. Dry-looking growth at edge I fields trend E-W at at L to general trend I drainage. Very dry- looking country. Village seen with trails radiating a huts evidently in group surrounded by walls. [illegible] Herdemen? SSW-NNE ridging now less definite. Mountains suprenumt to rise out of the plains. Reminds me of Arigid landscape S of the central plateau. Scattered patches I fields continue (4:150pm). Some green fields seen now. I suspect this is a goat or sheep culture. Land very dry- looking. trails huts course? fields ridges trail ridge S W S W ridges braes fields ridge