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hours, without meeting any obstacle or delay,—that is, from noon till
5 p.m. of the 3rd August. From Ooncar, Lieutenant Keatinge continued
his voyage on the 4th to Mundlaisir, where he arrived in eleven hours
without any sort of difficulty or impediment (except from an adverse
wind), the distance being 30 miles.
7. Lieutenant Keatinge made also the trip from the Dharee falls
to Mundlaisir in March 1846, the river being open at that season,
though the stream was then very shallow.
8. On the 22nd July, Lieutenant Evans left Mundlaisir, and reach
ed Chiculda on the 24th, a distance of about 60 miles. At the Sahesda-
reh falls was the first obstruction, but this was avoided without mate
rial delay or difficulty, the boats going by the middle channel.
9. Lieutenant Evans left Chiculda on the 25th, and reached the
Hirn Phal, about 16 or 17 miles by, noon of that day, without meeting
with any sort of obstruction. At the Hirn Phal the river had risen
18 feet above the hot season water mark, and Lieutenant Evans ex
perienced very little inconvenience in descending this rapid, but a
mile beyond, at Boorkhairee, is the chief obstacle : the boats, however,
were got down the southern channel with some difficulty. Two miles
further on, is the Gunnoee Ghaut, another rapid similar to the Boor—
khairee : the fall, however, is inconsiderable, and the bed of the channel
could easily be cleared and improved from hence to Beytala, 20 miles,
(a Lheelala village four miles below the Hutnee river) ; the passage is
clear and deep, and no difficulties were encountered.
10. At Beytala is an obstruction very much resembling the Sahes-
dareh falls, which Lieutenant Evans passed by easing his boats down,
guiding them by ropes. Half a mile below Beytala is a very bad rapid,
which was cleared by a channel under the north bank, down which the
boats were tracked. The river hence is deeper, very rapid, and free
from material obstructions, and so to Haump, 25 miles from Beytala.
Here the river narrows, and about two miles below Haump, commences
a series of rapids known as the u Bala Gori,” which continue for four
miles. The river, being much confined, rushes rapidly between high
rocks, through which, with ordinary care, a large boat can be navigat
ed, Lieutenant Evans raft of canoes here got swamped, the waves
washing over and into the canoes, whilst the large flat-bottomed boat
passed without trouble.
11. Hence to Soolpan, 25 miles from Haump, there is no difficulty.
Six miles below Soolpan, the Mookree falls are encountered ; the river