518 Supplement to Note on the Navigation of CNo. 151. 



The information afforded by Lieutenant De l'Hoste, although procur- 



r™ ^ .. tt n ea * by him in 1829, will best find a place here, as 

 [Of Portion II.] J r ' 



6. Lieut. De l'Hoste it relates only to the portion of the stream be- 

 tween Soolpan and Tulluckwara. This officer 

 informs us that he left Tulluckwara in April 1829, with the intention 

 of following the course of the river towards its source as far as he 

 could. He got as far as Soolpan,* at which point he writes, that " the 

 " stream of the river from being from 60 to 100 yards broad, suddenly 

 M narrows to about 60 feet, and on each side is hemmed in with steep 

 " precipices ; the middle of the river is also studded with large rocks, 

 " and the stream, even at this season, rushes through the intervals 

 " with surprising rapidity, dashing large pieces of wood which were 

 " floating down from one side to the other with a force which no boat 

 ''could have withstood, neither indeed, would it be possible to steer a 

 " boat in such a rapid current through such a tortuous and narrow 

 " channel. Both banks are precipitous and covered with thick jungle, 

 " and all further progress is rendered impossible." 



Regarding the stream at Mokree Ghaut, where he descended into the 

 bed of river, he says, " at this place there is a ridge of rocks stretching 

 "completely across the river, which is nearly one hundred yards 

 " broad, causing a fall of about 12 feet in height. I took the oppor- 

 " tunity of bathing in the river, the water of which was perfectly clear. 

 " The force of the current was such as to compel me to hold on by 

 " the large rocks, of which the river is full below the fall ; the bed 

 " was covered with large round pebbles, rendering it difficult to 

 " walk." 



At the village of Goragaum (about 5 J miles below Mokree,) he says, 

 " that the course of the river appeared impeded by rocks, through 

 " which the stream passed with a continued gurgling sound, that could 

 " be heard at a considerable distance." 



At Gurreysir, distant 6 miles from Tulluckwara on the right bank, 

 he crossed the stream in a good sized boat, and writes as follows re- 

 garding this part of the river : " Beyond (i. e. above) this village, the 

 " river appeared full of large rocks, the passage for the water between 



* Vide Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from 1836 to 1838, No. 

 VI. p. 174. 



