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On Irrigation , and Inland Navigation, <§ c. 
[June, 
It is hoped, that the two fifrst objections will, in time, be removed by the wise 
measures which appear to be in contemplation, regarding the influx of capitalists of 
a respectable class. 
With regard to the third objection, the writer of this paper would be glad to have 
the opportunity of practically proving, that these very falls afford the means of 
irrigating, on an extensive scale, the surrounding country lower down the stream, so 
as to produce articles for transport ; and that they by no means offer insurmount- 
able obstructions to navigation in the present advanced state of the sciences. 
Locks of a cheap and very durable nature, maybe formed in the rock at each fell, 
by a few lbs. of gunpowder, properly applied to form cavities for locks when pro- 
curing stones for building the weirs or darns. 
I am prepared to prove, that these sunken locks may be made at a cheaper rate 
than raised locks, (calculated to resist Indian torrents,) possibly could ; and I be- 
lieve that their adoption would, (provided there were produce and population suffi- 
cient,) render both the Nerbuddah and Godavery, (the Godavery as high as the 
junction with the Dhdna, and the Nerbudda up to the confluence of the Tewat 
with it,) navigable, if carried into effect on .a comprehensive scale, combin- 
ing the formation of weirs or bunds, for irrigation, with the means of transport for 
surplus produce without the former the latter would be of no use. 
The tribes of plunderers at present infesting the banks of the larger rivers, and 
the hdls near them, might be formed into bands of work-people ; in the first instance 
to construct the works ; then to cut down the forests, and to work the boats and 
rafts ; eventually they might be settled as cultivators and boatmen : a portion being 
retained as organized guards. 
If the Nerbudda, or any one of the larger rivers, were bunded off for irrigation, 
and supphed with rock-locks for navigation, as an experiment ; it would, I conceive, 
be found, that from every bund or dam, branching off from each waterfall, there 
would be a subordmate canal which would irrigate the surrounding lower connfy, 
and serve, m many mstances, to convey the produce into the larger stream. 
inJ?iw e n m ' gh . t 1,6 made ,0 fi " a " the sraa11 which dry up dnr- 
ing the warm months, and would replenish all tanks near at hand 
feugar might be made ; cotton, silk ; iron be Drodnr^ Q , • h f 
the resource ti.* „ 6 P rotmced > and be smelted ; in short, 
tne resources of the country are ample ; and vast tmrfQ n e • u i j 
Died • hilt tn rv.Vaa : / . . , * asc tracts of rich land are unoccu- 
or Parsees, (orwhat wouId^swVbetteT'lhet nCCeSSary that respectable Europeans 
be encouraged, to employ their cash in speculaTLTof the Sh ° U ‘ d ^ be permitted, and 
Retired servants of the Honorable Cnm f ‘ h S ° rt adverted t0 - 
th Man m bin ad CaPit! “ ‘° ' hiS eDd> might be aa « a ^ed so" WiUiDg * dCTOte 
and it is weU knownUtaf rm'e of'thL'^bomd^ * ' esources ma y be 
lands on the sides of hill* • 01 nd in mineral wealth ; and that the 
by far the mos^ productive * ZTT ” Strea ” S Whkh “>“* - 
grass, which evinces their richness * "*"* ° Ver S row “ Wiant woods or 
amongsuhe'MataD^Ulk; InT coaMm s bZ f* d^T 
aown by the Towah river, which runs into 
