694 Levels between the Jumna and Sutlij. [No. 103. 



great inducement to the establishment of trade. No merchant, for 



instance, would bring European stores to Ferozepore for supplying the 



stations of Kurnaul, Meerut^ and Dehli, with a prospect of 200 or 300 



miles of land carriage, rendered peculiarly difficult by the nature of the 



country, and the scarcity of all means of transport. 



Should Government decide on the further prosecution of this 



A new line recommend- inquiry, I beg to recommend for examination the 

 ed for future examina- ,..,,,., ^ ^ i i 



tion. lines tmted blue m the annexed sketch map ; that 



marked a. b. c. is calculated to cross the Cuggur below the junction of 



its tributaries, and to avoid a spur of high land, which I am led to 



believe, crosses the direct road from Kurnaul to Ferozepore. The 



line d. b. would be that of the supply channel from the Sutlij. 



In conclusion, I beg to state that the field book and original protrac- 



Field book and orgi- tions of my survey and levels, on a scale of one 

 nal protractions avail- ., it i/.^-. 



able. mile to an inch, are at the disposal of Govern- 



ment for any purpose. 



Memoir on the Hodesum (improperly called Kolehan^.—By Lieut. 



TiCKELL. 



Colonies of people speaking the same, or nearly the same dialect 

 as the Hos, or Lurka-koles of Singbhoom, but of whose customs and 

 history we are ignorant, may be traced from the jungles of Ramgurh 

 (near Hazareebaugh) to the south and southward along Moherbunj, 

 Keonjur, Gangpoor, down to the confines of Buna Nagpoor, where 

 they are distinguished from the Gonds (in Gondwana) by the name 

 of " Kirkees.'* Those colonies described to me by Gonds are insulated, 

 semi-barbarous, and confined to the wildest parts of that country. 

 The country lying north and north-east of Gondwana, and west of 

 Gangpoor, and south of Surgoojia, are in all probability inhabited by 

 the main stock, from whence these small settlements have wandered. 

 These regions have never been explored, and are wrapped in the 

 greatest obscurity. We only know that they are traversed by large 

 streams. The Koil, the Hutsoo, the east and west Shunk, and the 

 Brahminee, which flow into the sea, north-east of Kuttuck, or join 



