92 KOTREE. 



Fullailee, a brancli of tlie Indus, washes the 

 base of the fortress, and is bordered by 

 gardens, with luxuriant vegetation. The city 

 consists of one long street or bazaar, extending 

 in the direction of the Indus, which is about 

 three miles distant. Hyderabad is the head- 

 quarters of the collectorate, and its prosperity 

 will probably be greatly increased on the com- 

 pletion of the railway to Kotree. Westward of 

 the town are some fine tombs of the Talpoor 

 chiefs, containing marble fretwork of exquisite 

 beauty. Hereabouts stood the ancient city of 

 Khodabad, which some of the Sindh Brahmans 

 contend to have been Brahmanabad. 



Kotree, the head-quarters of the Indus flotilla, 

 organised by Sir Charles Napier, which is com- 

 manded by Captain Daniell of the Indian navy, 

 is the upper terminus of the Sindh railway, by 

 which stores will be transmitted from Kurrachee 

 in one day to this port, for shipment on the 

 river steamers. At one time fears were enter- 

 tained for the safety of Kotree, as during the 

 inundations the river washed away great part of 

 the bank, but Sir Charles Napier caused piles 

 to be driven down, backed with brushwood, and 

 it is now perfectly secure. 



