210 Journal of the passage from the [Aug. 



Journal of the passage from the Bharee falls to the Hirnphal, by 

 Captain Fenwick, (late of the Nizam's Service) in charge of 10 

 boats laden with coal, by order of R. N. C. Hamilton, Esq. 

 Resident, Indore. [Communicated by order of the Lieut. Gover- 

 nor, N. W. P.] 



Sir, — On receiving your instructions at Timmournee to examine the 

 Nerbudda from Hindia to the falls of Dharee, I proceeded to the for- 

 mer place, where I arrived on the 29th of January, and have now the 

 honor to lay before you the result of my expedition. 



2nd. About Hindia the river does not appear to be applied to any 

 useful purpose, and the only available boats or boatmen, are those em- 

 ployed at the different ferries or ghauts. 



3rd. The boats are consequently unfitted for ascending and descend- 

 ing the more difficult parts of the river, being too broad and low-sided, 

 and the boatmen are unskilful in their use. 



4th. With some difficulty I succeeded in procuring from a village a 

 few miles above Hindia, a boat that from its shape was more suited to 

 my purpose, and having fitted it with mast and sail, and engaged boat- 

 men, I started on the afternoon of the 30th January. The boat was 

 flat-bottomed, 1 9 feet 9 inches long, and 4 feet 9 inches broad. 



5th. I was accompanied from Hindia to Mundaar by two canoes 

 lashed and manned by fishermen ; these I found most useful, as they 

 enabled me to precede the larger boat in places where from the shallow- 

 ness of the water its progress was necessarily slow. From Mundaar I 

 permitted them to return, as I found I could dispense with their assist- 

 ance for the remaining part of the journey. For any purpose of 

 traffic these canoes would be perfectly useless, as the waves in the rapid 

 parts of the river completely fill them, and if laden they would sink. 



6th, From Hindia to the junction of the Ajnal river the Nerbudda 

 is unusually favorable for navigation ; near the foot of Joga, we were de- 

 layed by some rapids, but to boatmen well acquainted with the river, 

 they would be impediments of no moment. 



7th. Commencing at the Ajnal river, the bed of the Nerbudda ex- 

 tends to nearly double its usual width, and is divided into many small 

 shallow streams running between rocks and jungle, the inclination being 

 so great as to give this part of the river more the appearance of a 



