546 Wood's Report on the River Indus. [No. 115. 



The double banks accompany the Indus after it has left the moun- 

 tains at Kalabagh for the remainder of its course. Were the perma_ 

 nent continuous, the inundation would be restricted to narrow and 

 defined limits ; but as this is not the case, I will endeavour to point 

 where this barrier is broken or wanting. 

 From Attack to Kalabagh. — No inundation. 



From Kalabagh to Mittun. — It may be generally remarked, that 

 in the northern part of the Upper Indus, there is no inundation, while 

 in the south, or lower part of its course, the flooded districts are of a 

 considerable extent, as a reference to the chart will shew. 



Mittun to Bukkur. — Neither on the east or west banks of this division 

 is there an outer bank, and the consequence is, that the country here 

 is largely inundated. In the Mozarry districts, the floods of 1837 

 fell twenty miles back from the river ; but in ordinary seasons twelve is 

 the more usual measure of their width. On the opposite bank, the 

 inundation about Subzalkote reaches to the edge of the desert. 



Bukkur to Sehewan. — Though the permanent banks may be traced 

 in this section, their outline is broken, and the low districts behind 

 them overflowed in the freshes. South of Sehewan inundation of the 

 west bank is general, though the quantity of uncovered land exceeds 

 that submerged. Chandkote, the most valuable province in Sinde, is 

 situated here, and its exuberant crops are to be attributed to its 

 great command of water. Upon the opposite bank, between the river 

 and the desert, is a strip of alluvium, the medial width of which is 

 four miles. This belt marks the extent of the flooded districts ; 

 but for some years past, there has been scarce any inundation upon 

 this side of the river. 



Sehewan to efflux of Fulailee. — The Tela mountains for some 

 distance below Sehewan prevent the river from expending in a wes- 

 terly direction, and a creeping hilly ridge serves the same purpose 

 further South. On this side of the river, the inundation is confined 

 to a very narrow belt ; on the opposite side the desert opposes any 

 outlet to the East, and here, though the inundated belt be wider 

 than that upon the West bank, its breadth cannot be estimated at 

 more than three miles. 



Efflux of Fulailee to the Sea. — The Delta of the Indus may be 

 said to commence from the efflux of Fulailee. The lower portion 



