1847.] Report on a Passage made on the Nurbudda Rive)'. 1105 



accompanying copy of a report by Lieut. Keatinge, of a passage made 

 by him during the last rainy season on the Nurbudda river, from the 

 falls of Dharee to Mundlaisir, and also copy of a report by Lieutenant 

 Evans, of a similar passage at the same season, from Mundlaisir to 

 Baroach. 



2. The Lieutenant Governor considers that these papers might be 

 advantageously printed in the Society's Journal in continuation of Mr. 

 Shakespear's note on the Nurbudda river. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Your obedient humble Servant, 

 Head Quarters, J. Thornton, 



the 4th October, 1847. Secretary to Govt. N. W. P. 



Copy. 



From Lieut. R. II. Keatinge, Asst. to the Poll. Agent, Nimar. 



To Captain P. T. French, Poll. Asst. in Nimar, dated Mundlaisur, 

 6 th August, 1847. 



Sir, — I have the honor to inform you that according to your sugges- 

 tions I left Mundlaisur on the 29th of July, and proceeded towards 

 Dawree, to see if a road could be made along either bank of the Nur- 

 budda, so as to circumvent the falls opposite that place. 



2nd. Leaving Burwae, on the 30th of July, I proceeded to Sey- 

 lanee, a distance of 14 miles, by the road lately cleared ; about 6 miles 

 from Burwae, the jungle becomes a forest, and continues so to Dawree, 

 which is 18 miles from Seylanee. 



3rd. During the whole of the day, as I rode through the forest, I 

 was surprized to see large and old timber left uncut within a mile of 

 the river, but on enquiry was informed that it was impossible to trans- 

 port any but the smallest sized trees, even that short distance, owing 

 to the absence of tolerably clear paths. 



4th. Bamboos, however, are cut in great numbers, and brought to 

 the falls, where the Gonds, who carry them there, exchange them for 

 grain with speculators from Mundlaisur and Mehasur. 



5th. On the upper or Eastern side of the falls of Dawree, tbe rock 

 slopes into the river at an angle of from 1 to 2 degrees, and is so 



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