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open jungle, distance nine miles and five furlongs, till within two miles 

 of the place, when it thickens to a deep jungle with small hills. From 

 that to Moondlah, a distance of twelve miles in a South-west direc- 

 tion, through a deep moving country, in many places well cultivated 

 by the Kressans, or Bhillala tribe, and thickly studded with large 

 mowah trees. From this I went to Oomtee in a Westerly direction, 

 ten miles, through a beautiful cultivated country, thickly planted 

 with the largest description of mowah trees; and from hence to 

 Hamp, in a South-east direction, by the Gore Ghaut, is ten miles and 

 six furlongs, and is through a wild hilly and jungle country, culti- 

 vated in spots for the first five miles by the Kressans. 



" Here I was much disappointed in finding myself unable to pro- 

 ceed in any direction, from the nature of the country and the rocky 

 bed of the river; and to add to my further disappointment, not a 

 boat was to be procured, nor could I hear of one ever having been 

 seen between the Hirun Phall and Mokree, except the punt, or small 

 passage boat at this place, now useless from its decayed state. The 

 bed of the river is here, when full, about two furlongs in breadth, with 

 masses of large rocks in every direction, and the water at this time 

 confined within a narrow deep channel from twenty to forty yards 

 in breadth, as far as I could see from the highest hill in the neighbour- 

 hood ; and in one spot that I went to the channel was not ten yards 

 in width, the water rushing through it with a slight fall and tremen- 

 dous force. Nothing now remained, but to make my way to Makree 

 by the nearest route I could find ; but not being able to take my 

 baggage through hills, I was obliged to go to Kewaunt in Guzerat, 

 and only distant from the Gore Ghaut in a Northerly direction eight 

 miles. From that I went to Barsnee, in a South-west direction 

 twenty-one miles and seven furlongs, through an highly cultivated 

 country, thickly studded with mangoe, mowah, palmira and other 

 forest trees. From hence to Tulluckwara on the Nurbudda, in a 

 South-west direction is twenty miles and seven furlongs, through an 

 open jungly country. 



" Here I again embarked, and went up the river as far as Mokree, 

 distance about twenty miles, and there found an insurmountable ob- 

 stacle to navigation in a fall of the river which of itself is inconsider- 

 able, but prevents the possibility of a boat ever passing it. I then re- 



