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water to float freely. The largest boat is 31 feet long and less than 5 

 feet wide, laden with 2\ marries. 



April 20th — To Chikuldah, 8^ miles. The navigation characterized 

 by the usual impediments. A very bad rapid met with below Piplade, 

 1 5 inches water, rocks in the channel, against which the current rushed 

 with great force. A fall of 3 feet, over which the boats were dragged. 



April 22nd. — Captain Fenwick started from Chekuldah with a single 

 boat, measuring 30 feet in length by 4\ wide, to examine the Hirun- 

 phal, which he describes thus : — Deep channel, 8 feet wide, current 

 not strong in fall. Two bluff rocks in the middle of the river, one on 

 either hand from the Phal." Deep channel between rocks, 10 or 12 

 feet wide. Deep narrow pool, slight current ; Hirunphal Ghat, a fall 

 of 6 feet in 30, passage 8 or 10 feet, with projecting pointed rocks on 

 each side, very bad and dangerous, 100 yards rapid." 



On the 23rd of April Captain Fenwick returned to Chikuldah, and 

 appears to have proceeded shortly afterwards with two carts laden with 

 48 maunds of coal to Tulluckwarrah, and had reported his arrival at 

 Ali-Rajpore on the 30th of April, and expected to reach Tulluck- 

 warrah on or about the 6th of May. It was after his return to Chi- 

 kuldah from this journey, I conclude, that he again embarked in 

 charge of some boats laden with coal on the 29th of July 1848, from 

 which date the second portion of his journal dates. 



July 29 tk.— Left Chikuldah, and as far as the Hirunphal, 13 miles, 

 met with no rocks in the channel nor any difficulty. Entered the 

 Bhurkhery rapids, very difficult navigation. A boat, carrying 38 bags 

 of coal was dashed on a rock and completely lost. Distance traversed 

 18^ miles by guess. Put to for the night on rocks. 



July 30th. — After a short distance the river widened, but then came 

 " a high barrier of rocks across from bank to bank, 30 feet channel 

 near the right bank. This place, called Kalee-Kuraee. High waves, 

 rather bad, no other practicable channel. At 300 yards a bad rock in 

 the middle, under water, very dangerous. Current very rapid and 

 rushing on it ; about 3 miles further 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, the double boat the most." From this 

 no particular difficulty till within \ of a mile of Bheetara, on the riglit 



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