'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from January 1847 to May 1849. Edited by the Secretary. Volume VIII.' [‎150] (259/496)

10th July. —Made three miles, and used the Chachera coal, hut could
not keep steam up with it: anchored. Fuel having been sent for yester
day sent up another man : detained ten hours do-day for want of fuel.
11^ July* —No boat of fuel having come, dropped down two miles
and got seventy maunds of wood from villages. At 3.40, after ten hours
detention for fuel, proceeded, and made seven and a half miles against the
current.
12th Reached Mahomedpoor to-day after much labour warping
against a fresh of the river i warped and steamed one thousand yaids, and
went on by steam alone. Four hours were occupied in warping, the
hawsers being brought to the windlass : made eight and a half miles.
13^ July. —Made good progress with the S. W. wind for three hours,
when, in rounding a point or angle of the river, the vessel, going full
power, was taken by an eddy and dashed stern on to the bank: the engines
were stopped and reversed, or an attempt at reversing made, but, the
vessel having headway, without effect. The helm was useless. Both
vessels struck the bank violently. A swag of old timber entered the
Meanees post-bow, and as the current swept her past, the stem was some
what bent. Finding the vessel filling, secured to the bank in slack water,
and repaired the damage effectually. The whole of the lower plate was
torn from the stern, and an opening of fourteen inches in extent made.
Proceeded at 4.20, having been detained nine hours. The vessel, quite
light, reached Moowallee wood station, ten miles above Mahomedpoor.
1 ith July. The river here has changed its bed this season, the natives
assure me within the last fifteen days, and the greatest body of water
passes now four miles to the westward, so that as a depot for wood this
site is useless for the low season. Made good way until in passing a point
the steamer was turned violently round by an eddy, and the flat was
forced on the bank. No damage occurred to her, and the steamers
paddle-wheel was saved. Had the flat not been secured abreast, the
wheel must have been seriously damaged. Increased experience with
our present vessels w r ill render accidents less frequent, but unremitting
attention is most essentially necessary. Came ten miles, and was stopped
by shallow water, two and a half to three feet being found all across the
river.
\5th July. This day commenced warping over a shoal bank of loose
sand having two to three feet w T ater. The opinion of the officer in charge
of the steamer w r as, that a channel would not form for a week at this
place, but a deep channel was evidently cutting away. Three large natn e