94 THE EOSES OF KOTREE. 



Chief Commissioner of Sindli^ and the reports 

 of the Engineer officers by whom the country 

 has been surveyed, both of which will be found 

 in the Appendix, marked B. C. 



Kotree is an extremely pretty place, stretch- 

 ing along the side of the river, with excellent 

 roads, and very nice gardens to most of the 

 Bungalows. Apropos of gardens, the roses of 

 Kotree are especially fine, and Indian roses 

 possess far more fragrance than those of Eng- 

 land. The climate of this station is well spoken 

 of ])y the residents, ))ut when I was there they 

 were few in number. The Bungalow next to 

 that occupied by the Chaplain is very neatly 

 fitted up for the performance of divine service, 

 which we attended therein on the Sunday after 

 Christmas-day. The Hospital is a fine airy 

 building close to the river, and I have reason to 

 speak well of its management, from the atten- 

 tion that was paid therein to a sick servant of 

 the Meer, during our stay. Dr Niven, of the 

 Bombay establishment, is at present in medical 

 charge of the Indus flotilla. 



The town of Kotree is particularly clean, and 

 its municipal arrangements are all that could 

 be desired. The Indus here forms a noble sheet 



