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waee, Mundlaisur, and Mhyshwur men would work between the Suhe- 

 shur Dharra and the Dharree falls (above Oonkar, Maundata) the Ack- 

 burpore, Durrampore, and Chukuldah men would carry on to the Him 

 Phal. From thence another stage (or two) would bring to Mokree, 

 below which the Tilluckwara boatmen come into play. At present 

 there are no regular boatmen between Him Phal and Mokree (about 

 80 miles), the canoes that come up to Haump, being brought by fisher- 

 men and others incompetent to manage a larger boat. 



14th. The Map, accompanying Mr. Shakespear's resume of reports 

 upon the river, is, generally speaking, very accurate. There are a few 

 inaccuracies between Hirn Phal and Haump, but of no consequence. 

 I regret that when my canoes were swamped at the Balagori rapids, 

 my papers containing the bearings of the river in that part, were washed 

 away. 



15th. I may add that the difficulties to be surmounted seem to me 

 to have been very much exaggerated. Such was also the opinion of 

 my friend and brother-officer Captain Anderson, and I feel great plea- 

 sure in having followed where he had led the way. He was the first 

 to descend the Hirn Phal ; it was when the river was low, in March, 

 and he felt confident, as do I, that the obstructions below the Hutnee 

 river beyond which his boatmen's fears prevented his proceeding, were 

 no more insurmountable, even at that season, than those above the 

 Hirn Phal, for instance, which until his time was considered perfectly 

 impassable for even empty boats. 



16th. I have navigated the river above Mundlaisur for 60 miles, to 

 the Darree falls, to which place it is perfectly passable, and boats con- 

 stantly go up. At Darree, a road would also be required — above Darree, 

 the falls of Mundhur are spoken of as bad, but the report is by a 

 native, and I have no doubt it is by no means worse than those below. 

 Indeed, the present Colonel Ousely, when formerly at Hoosungabad, 

 states that from his inquiries he is convinced that Mundhur can be 

 cleared. We should then have communication from Hoosungabad, near 

 which the coal is found, to the sea. Coal, grain, linseed, and many other 

 articles of the produce of central India, amongst which, not the least con- 

 siderable, would be opium, would pass down ; and from October, goods, 

 cloth, spices, cocoanuts and Europe articles, supplies, could come up. 

 The places where roads would be required would be trifling, and in the 



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