Southern side 



North side of 

 the river, 



514 Note on the Navigation of the river Nurbudda. [No. 151. 



" Q. What articles do you carry there ? 



" A. Cloth, salt, and spices. 



" Q. What do you bring away ? 



" A. From Dunneer, (above Mokree,) spars about eighteen feet long 



(fit for boat's masts,) and from Mokree, rafters and bamboos. 



" Q. What places above Mokree have your boats been at ? 



" A. With distances from each other. 



"Soolpan, 3 miles above Mokree. £ Raipeplia. 

 Dan kerrah, 3 ditto above Saulpan. S 



the riveT Shem °keree, 3 do. above Donkerrah. , ".Lp^^e 

 r ' «< Warmong, 3 do above Shanokeree. >r^ Ker Dun- 

 1 Dunneer, 3 do. above Warmong. 'i ^ 



Wargaum, opposite Mokree. ( RaiDeolia 



Guddur, 4£ miles above Wargaum. $ JF F 



" Q. What description of boat can go up to Mokree ? 



" A. Toonies drawing two hands water (three feet,) when loaded 

 can go up as far as I have ever traded (to Dunneer.) 



" Q. How do you get your boats up from Chaundode to Mokree? 



(f A. Tracked up; the sails are of little use then, the wind being 

 mostly down the river. 



" Q. How many men do you put in your boats then ? 



" A. Eight, ten and twelve. 



" Q. Does the water run with great force then ? 



" A. Equally as strong as in the month of July, 6, 7 and 8 miles 

 an hour. 



" Q. How much water in Chaundode Ghaut in the dry season ? 



" A. Three hands (f fathoms.) 



" Q. How do you get your boats up the Mokree fall ? 



"A. They are emptied of their contents, and then hauled up the 

 fall. 



11 Q. How many men are necessary to get the boats up the fall ? 



"A. Twenty. 



" Q. How far have they to go before they can be reloaded ? 



"A. From eight hundred to a thousand feet? 



" Q. How is your merchandize transported that distance ? 



<( A. On men's heads. 



" Q. Have they any hackeries at Mokree? 



" A. No ; the country is too mountainous. 



