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was complete. Unmoved by the eminent danger, with a few last strokes 

 of the paddle he kept the head of the boat off from a rock which we 

 expected it would be impossible to avoid. " All the other boats were 

 carried, or forced into the right hand channel, which luckily proved to 

 be not so bad : got down safely." River studded with rocky channels, 

 current rushing through them with sluice force. All very bad. It 

 took some time to make a selection by trying an empty boat over some 

 of them." 



" I consider this Mokree barrier to be one of the very worst in the 

 Nerbudda. I had a good view of it and the river for two miles or so, 

 above and below, from a high rock, and it certainly looked quite fright- 

 ful. The boatmen think the river half full, and say that it was higher 

 when Captain Evans went down last season. The Karkoon's boat was 

 first taken down. The boatmen returned and carried over three others, 

 with 6 men to each, and so got the whole down safely. My boat came 

 into the right hand channel with a great deal of difficulty ." 



Three quarters of a mile below, the main channel or stream on the 

 left, is studded with destructive rocks, the waves raging and lashing 

 over them in spray and foam. " Quarter of a mile further worse than 

 ever ; nothing could live in it. A little below there is a fearful whirl- 

 pool. It embraces the whole bed of the river, and I think we have 

 scarcely encountered any thing so awful and terrific. The boats were 

 let down with ropes along the rocks on the right bank ; still with much 

 apprehension, for had they come within its influence nothing could 

 have saved them. I take the river at this place to be between 300 and 

 500 yards wide or more." 



Close to Emrio, on the right bank, where they put to for the night, 

 one of the boats struck on a rock in the middle of the river, filled and 

 stuck fast. The four boatmen and the Karkoon got safely to land 

 fortunately, and the boat was brought off from the rock next morning. 



August 6th, — Passed Gurreysir and Aktesur, and stopped at Chau- 

 dode. 



August 7th. — From Chaudode to Leelore on the right bank. 



August 8th. — Put to on an island beyond the Muhunt's island. 



August 9th. — Reached Baroach. 



Mr. Hamilton, the Resident at Indore, in forwarding this Journal, 

 reported that 1 1 tons and 10 cwt. of coal had been delivered in the dock 

 yard at Bombay by Capt. Fenwick. 



