'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.' [‎125] (234/496)

Hutnee, is Kukrana, a Bheelala village in the Raj poor district; and two
miles lower down, on the south bank, is Bhadul, a Bheel village, the
residence formerly of the notorious freebooter Bamun Naik, now held by
his son, a peaceable reformed character.
6. To Kukrana, Captain Anderson penetrated, and it was the
fear of Bamun Naik, then openly in arms, that caused his boatmen to
refuse to advance,
7. At Bey tala is an obstruction very much resembling the Sahesur
Dharra. It is a belt of rocks stretching diagonally across the river :
from the middle to the north bank the rocks are perpendicular, except
in one narrow channel near the bank, but towards the south bank
they are worn away, and I found little difficulty in letting my boats
down, guiding them by ropes attached to the stern : there may, how
ever, be more trouble in doing so in the dry season. When I
passed, the river was fully 20 feet above hot weather mark.
8. Below this again is a very bad rapid, about half a mile from
Beytala. I tracked my boats down near the northern bank ; but am
inclined to think that there is deeper water in the middle of the
river, merely obstructed by some large rocks, which just showed their
heads above water at the bottom of the rapid, and caused such a
sheet of broken water that I dared not trust my boats within it.
9. From about five miles below this, the hills rise to a much great
er height; scenery magnificent, and the river deep, very rapid, and free
from material obstructions. Both banks are studded with Bheelala
villages, but the jungle is very dense around their little patches of
cultivation. The rocks forming the banks are high—in many parts al
most perpendicular; the stream has a current of about six miles an
hour. From Bhadul the southern bank is Akranee, a portion of
Khandeish ; and the northern from the Hutnee is Meetwar, a Bheelala
Thakoorship.
10. To Haump, 25 miles, the features of the river are the same—
lofty hills, scarped rocky banks, deep channel, here and there rapids
of no consequence, and a strong current. Haump belongs to the
Rajah of Oodeypoor, a feudatory I believe of the Guicowar, and is
merely a temple, there being no village. Here the river narrows
still more, and about two miles below commences a series of rapids,
known as the “ Bala Gori, ,, of the difficulties of which I had heard