1837.] Lodiana to Mithankot by the Satlaj river. 179 



The passage of the ghat generally occupied from fifteen to twenty 

 minutes. 



Nearly the whole of the trade of Affghdnistdn, Kashmir and the 

 Panjdb with Hindustan, and hy Bombay and Calcutta with Europe, 

 passes by this ghat. Independent of the foreign trade, it is a great 

 commercial thoroughfare for the interchange of the productions of 

 the countries more immediately on the banks of the river Satlaj. 

 The Mulk Rohi from the neighborhood of Farid koth, Ropur koth, 

 &c. sends by this route the immense quantities of grain which it 

 supplies to Lahdr and Amrltsir. Lighter articles, the bdfta and fine 

 cloth for pagris, manufactured in the Doctb Bist Jalindar at Rdhon, 

 Phagwdra and Hushiarpur, which are in greater demand in the upper 

 part of Hindustan, pass also by this route. 



I was unable to ascertain the average amount of daily collections 

 at the ghat, from the circumstance that the duty of great part of the 

 merchandize which passes is not levied till its arrival at Amritsir, 

 and merely pays for a roivdna in crossing the river. It is the same 

 with merchandize coming from Amritsir, which is taxed before leav- 

 ing that place ; this refers to the right bank ot the river. 



The following list, obtained from the ghat munshi, shews the rate 

 of collection on the left bank. 



For a camel loaded with grain, 5 



For ditto ditto with salt 5 



For ditto ditto with qund shakar, 7 6 



For ditto ditto with shakartari and first kind of Jcirana, 3 



For ditto ditto with cloth, 4 11 



For a large tdrl gdrl, loaded with any description of articles, ex- 

 cept grain, , 1 15 



For a gdri load of grain to merchants, 1 5 9 



For ditto to brahmans, to faqirs and bhais, 13 



For ditto to a maund of coarse Jcirana, 1 9 



For ditto to a maund of pushmina, 4 1 



For ditto to a maund of opium and indigo, 2 



For ditto to a donkey load of grain 1 3 



For ditto to a bullock or pony load of grain, 1 9 



For ditto to a gdrl load of salt 113 



At Jdne-gill, 12 miles below Hari-ke, the united streams of the 

 Beds and Satlaj are called the Ghara, but known to the natives by 

 the name Nai. Between Hari-ke and Firozpur are the ghats of Hamad- 

 wdla and Talle-wdla : the former has twelve, and the latter ten boats. 

 Part of the trade of the Panjdb with Hindustan, and a small portion of 

 that from Khorasdn and Affghdnistdn which enters the Panjdb at Dera 

 Ismael Khdn, crosses the Satlaj at these ghats. The roads by which the 

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