520 



Wood's Report on the River Indus. 

 Distance by the River. 



[No. 115. 



Sea Rise at Hyderabad 15/. Mittun ^\feet, Kalahagh and Attach AS feet. 



The rise between Kalabagh and Attock cannot be called natural ; it 

 is caused by the contracted bed, into which the stream is here thrown 

 among the mountains. The rise at Hyderabad is the result of a care- 

 fully kept register daily ; but at the other places, this item has been 

 reduced from an examination of the river's banks, and the best infor- 

 mation I could procure. 



Colour and Temperature. — To Dera Ismail Khan, the water of 

 the Indus is of a lead colour ; below that town it becomes of a dirty 

 whitish yellow, tinged with red. In the freshes the red tint is 

 heightened ; but the general colour continues the same. 



Between Attock and Mittun, all the streamlets that fall into the 

 Indus are of a bright red ; save the Hurroo and Toe, which have peb- 

 bly beds and clear water. 



Temperature of the River. 



Months. 



February, 

 March, . . 

 April, . . 

 May, . . 

 June, . . 

 July, . . 

 August, 

 September, 



Air. 



Riv 



er. 



Remarks. 



69° 2' 



64° 



2' 



S o 



90° 0' 



78° 



0' 



o 



97° 0' 



81° 



0' 





100° 0' 



84° 



0' 





101° 0' 



87° 



0' 



95° 5' 



88° 



0' 



°^o 



95° 7 

 94^ 5' 



88° 

 , 86° 



0' 

 0' 





II. — Navigable character of the Indus. 

 Between the Sea and Attock the facilities for navigation are not 

 everywhere equally great. They vary with the state of the river's 

 bed. As an acquaintance with the one may contribute to a know- 



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