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proceeded on to Yizerabad. The time occupied by steam between
Bamnuggur and Yizerabad was six hours: the distance by water nineteen
miles. Proceeded on, and secured at Dalawe for the night, havino- mac i e
twenty-six miles during nine hours’ steaming.
Sept. 2m —Proceeded early. The whole country well peopled. Water
wheels and ploughing goes on here all night, and all day, from the abun
dance of men and animals for labor: they have now the advantage of a
broad moonlight.
Abreast of the large town of Jellalpnr, the river was found divided
into several channels, and further progress with a vessel drawing more
than two feet impossible at present, and the river is steadily falling.
After persevering for four hours, returned back to Bagur ferry, and secure
ed in ten feet water. It was a disappointment to me not being able to
approach nearer Jamu, the former capital of Maharaja Goolab Singh.
I had hoped the steamer would have been visible from its towers.
kept* 30^/i. Having instructed the ofhcer in charge of the steamer
to proceed up if any change should occur in the channel, I deemed it
important to examine the river to its highest navigable j)oint for any
vessel .1 therefore hired horses, and went by land to the fort of Akmur,
which is built on a hill of rubble stone, commanding the river at the
Jangi Bei ry. An inspection of my sketch of the river will give more in-
formation than any discription, but I purpose forwarding a descriptive
account of the river Chenab, from its highest navigable point, which I
fix at a place called “ Ghol,” twelve miles from Jamu, and three miles
above the Tani, or tributary which passes through that town, and
falls over a rocky bed into the Chenab.
The feriy of Ghol is six miles below the fort of Akmur : above Grhol
the bed and banks of the river are composed of large shingle, and almost
impassable by boat. This day I dropt down from Akmur (October
1st). There weie several rapids with falls some inches of height in as
many feet of distance, where no steamer could have passed, the depth be
ing only one foot. The old boatman bargained for a high reward for
loosing from Akmur ferry, and committing his exceedingly well-built and
excellently -modelled boat to the mercies of a foaming torrent, as the ri
ver is in places above Ghol. He declared that Bunjeet Singh was the
only pei son who had gone to Vizerabad by water in his recollection.
Tins tended to confirm the observation that at present there is no traf
fic on the Chenab by boat, but ferries are numerous. I persisted in de-