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ASIATIC SOCIETY 



First Report by Dr. Jameson of his deputation by Government to exa- 

 mine the effects of the great Inundation of the Indus. See Journal As. 

 Society, Vol. X p. 615—620. 



From the Envoy to the Court of Lahore, to T. H. Maddock, Esq. 

 Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor General, dated 

 Camp Kurnaul, 28th January, 1843. 



Sir, — I have the honor to transmit a copy of a Report received some 

 time ago from Mr. W. Jameson, Assistant Surgeon, of his expedition to 

 the Indus in 1841, to examine the effects of the flood caused by the 

 disruption of the obstacle that had for several months obstructed the 

 course of the Indus within the mountains. 



2. Dr. Jameson failed in his intention of penetrating up the line of 

 the Indus to the supposed locality of the cause of this extraordinary 

 inundation, owing to an attack made upon him and his Sikh escort 

 while he was making a geological survey of the Khuttuk hills, west 

 of Peshawur, where coal beds were believed to exist. When, after 

 many weeks, he was liberated by the assistance of the Sikh Govern- 

 ment from the fort of Kohat, the Cabool insurrection and its conse- 

 quences had rendered it impracticable for the Sikhs to secure for him a 

 safe passage up the line of their western frontier, by which it had been 

 proposed to convey him to, or towards, Gilghit and Khafferistan. 



3. I had introduced Mr. Jameson to the Lahore court, where he was 

 cordially received. I had provided him with presents suitable to the wild 

 people he was going to visit. He had received the usual presents and 



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