462 Journal of a passage down the Nerbudda, [May, 



Copy. 

 July 29th, 1848.— Left Chikulda at 8 a. m. 

 Miles. 



12 To Dhurmrall. Not a rock nor a ripple. 

 I Hurnphal. No rocks in the channel nor any difficulty. 

 i Enter the Borekheree rapids. Had all the boats put to on the 

 right bank, and taking with me four of the best boatmen, viz. 

 Mudun, Bholoo, Bunnia, and another, proceeded in my boat to 

 examine the passage. 



1 Borekheree. Channel at the narrowest part about 60 feet very 



bad from the high waves. The boatmen sent back for the 

 rest of the boats. All shipped in water. The double boat the 

 most, 



2 River studded with bluff rocks, some of them several feet above 



the water, some just under the surface. This is a very bad 

 passage. The channel in some places 40 feet wide ; waves very 

 high. All the boats shipped in water. 



\ Very, very bad. High waves. Channel very rapid. Rocks every 

 where, and with difficulty avoided. One of the boats got fixed 

 on a rock in the middle. Other boatmen had to swim to it, 

 and it took some time to get it off. 

 1 Very bad rocks. The Channel very winding, intricate and 

 dangerous. 



\ Rapids. Very bad channel. Studded with rocks ; 30 feet pas- 

 sage. Just below it a boat was dashed on a rock and completely 

 lost ; 38 bags of coal gone. The boatmen swam ashore ; a bildar, 

 who could not swim, was left on the rock during the night and 

 brought off the next morning. Could not do it in the dark of 

 the evening. 



\ Put to on rocks ; no village. The fleet separated for the night : 

 3 boats got down \ mile. Mine and two others below the rock 

 and rapid, and three boats above it. 



July 30th. — Put off at 8 A. m. 



\ Some rocks in the channel and rapids ; a very small pointed rock in 

 the middle of the river which widens here, and becomes free 

 from dangerous rocks on each hand. 



3 Clear and deep, only two or three rocks visible. 



