1841.] 



Wood's Report on the River Indus. 



527 



The Downward Voyage. 



Stages. 



Attock to Kalabagh, 



Kalabagh to Dera Ismail 



Khan, ... 



Dera Ismail Khan to Dera 



Ghazee Khan, 



Dera Ghazee Khan to Mit 



tun, 



Mittun to Roree, 



Roree to Sehewan, 

 Sehewan to Hyderabad, . 

 Hyderabad to Sea, 



Total 



a boat 18 Rs. 

 do. 16 do. 

 do. 12 do. 

 do. 12 do. 



41 Days. 20 Days. 

 The upward voyage is performed by the aid of the wind and 

 track rope. This last mode of procedure is slow, but certain ; and 

 averages about eight koss, or thirteen miles, a day. With a strong 

 favourable breeze, the daily progress is increased to twelve and 

 eighteen koss. The prevailing winds during the year, and their 

 consequent influence on the navigation of the river, are given under 

 the next head, and it will there be seen that the freshes, far from 

 presenting any obstacle to the upward voyage, are more favourable 

 to it than otherwise. During their continuance, a south wind blows 

 from the sea to Kalabagh ; and though less steady on the Upper Indus 

 than in the lower part of the river, it is a great service to navigation, 

 since the time consumed by an up-river voyage, in the dry season, 

 may be stated as one-half in excess of that required to perform it 

 in the swell. Annexed is a Table, shewing the relative time occupied 

 by the voyage at opposite seasons of the year : — 

 The Upward Voyage. 



Stages. 





Dry Season. 



Freshes. 



Seaport to Hyderabad, 



• . • * 



15 Days. 



7 Days. 



Hyderabad to Sehewan, 



. . 



8 ditto. 



4 ditto. 



Sehewan to Roree, 



. • 



14 ditto. 



7 ditto. 



Roree to Mittun, 



. . 



14 ditto. 



^ ditto. 



Mittun to Dera Ghazee Khan, 



10 ditto. 



4 ditto. 



Dera Ghazee Khan to 



Dera Ismail 







Khan, 



. • • • 



11 ditto. 



10 ditto. 



Dera Ismail Khan to Kalabagh, 



12 ditto. 



7 ditto. 



Kalabagh to Attock, 



Total, . . 



15 ditto. 



Impracticable. 





107 Days. 



45i Days. 



