1849.] from Chikuldah to Baroach. 463 



Miles. 



A huge barrier of rocks across from bank to bank ; 30 feet chan- 

 nel near the right bank. This place is called Kalee Kuraie. 

 High waves, rather bad ; no other practicable channel. 

 At 300 yards a bad rock in the middle under water, very danger- 

 ous. Current very rapid and rushing on it. 

 1 Isolated rocks all the way. Channel not bad, being broad and 



deep, near the left bank. 

 1 Clear and deep. Bluff high rocks in several places ; three chan- 

 nels, not difficult. The left hand one is the best. 

 A whirlpool, but not bad at present. 

 1 Clear. 



A rapid head of the Dussana barrier and falls. Dangerous rapids 

 from the channel not being well marked. Very high waves 

 for 400 or 500 yards. All the boats shipped in water, except 

 the large boat, Rewa Sunkur. The double boat the most. 

 ] A field on the right bank belonging to Dussana. 

 % Dussana. 

 A rapid. 

 ^ High waves the whole way ; rocks in the channel, which is 40 

 feet wide, 10 feet deep, as almost all the channels are just now. 

 1 Rocks the whole way, but passage not difficult or dangerous, being 

 broad and deep. 

 A rapid, but not dangerous, deep water and good channel. 

 i Bad rocks in the middle of the channel. 

 1 Not difficult. 



A rapid for 300 yards ; waves ; a whirlpool, but not bad just now. 

 Rocks under water, channel broad and deep. 



1 Deep water ; ro),cks immersed and isolated all across ; waves. The 



river has widened for the last two miles. 

 Bad rocks, some under water, some appearing. The channel near 



the right bank ; deep and good. 

 Kurhall, on the left bank. Found the lost boat on a rock, one 



side smashed in altogether, totally useless. 



2 Clear. Abundance of water. 



Some rocks in the middle of the river and near the right bank, 

 passage wide and easy ; ripples. 



