1840.] Levels between the Jumna and Sutlij. 689 



cost of the undertaking ; such as it is, however, I have judged expedient 



Why now submitted, to communicate it at once, both as a report of 

 progress, and to enable Government to decide whether or not it be ad- 

 visable to prosecute the inquiry further. 



The cost of the present survey amounts, as per contingent bill. 

 Cost of the survey, submitted to the Military Board, to Company's 

 rupees 74 : 9 : 0. 



In the accompanying Skeleton map and section, I have endeavoured 

 Reference to the Map ^^ condense most of the information obtained, and 

 an ec ion. ^^ show at one glance the result of my inquiry. 



In this it will be seen, that from the level of the Jumna to the town of 

 Pahul, near which the greatest elevation (67 feet, 1 1 inches, 25) is at- 

 tained, there is a general rise, partially interrupted by the beds of in- 

 tervening rivers, which may be thus particularized : — 



The Chittung — an inconsiderable nulla, has no defined valley. Of 

 The Chittung river, its surplus waters, spreading out during the rainy 

 season, right and left over the country, but little returns into its 

 contracted channel ; and of late years, no considerable flood has reached 

 even as far as Dhatrut, in the Jheend territory, from whence to Buhadera, 

 in the Bikuneer State, the ancient bed of this river is occupied by the 

 Canal of Feroze Shah. 



From the ridge dividing the Chittung and the Sursootee, there is a 



considerable descent to the bed of the latter river, 



The Valley of the , . , , , . . , i i • . , 



Sursootee, the Markun- which may almost be said to have already joined 



da,^and the Cuggur ri. ^^^ Markunda and the Cuggur at the point 



where I crossed them. From near Thanesur to 



Konaheree, the whole tract of country (with the exception of village 



sites) is liable to inundation from the Sub- Himalayan torrents, diffused 



Their peculiar charac ^ver its surface by means of a net-work of natural 



*®^- and artificial water-courses, of which some are 



supplied from more than one of the rivers above named ; others, again, 



flow from one river into another, and during great floods (as I was 



given to understand) all three are frequently united. The inhabitants 



avail themselves largely of the inundation for rice cultivation, though 



Their use for irriga- ^^^ring the present season at least, little advantage 



tio"- appeared to have been taken of the facilities 



afforded for irrigating Rubbee crops, which, where they existed, were 



