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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ... 304 APPENDIX II. Report On The River Indus, By Lieut. John Wood, Indian Navy. General View of the Indus--The Navigable Character of the River--The Soundings in Indian Rivers--The Mode of Navigating the Indus--The Winds and Weather in the Valley of the Indus--The Boats upon the Indus --Steam Vessels--Remarks on the Steam-boats of the Ganges--The Fuel for Steam-lioats--Report by Captain Johnson on the relative Value of Wood and Coal--The Inundations of the Indus--Its Fords, and Site for the proposed Fair--The Indus and Punjaub Rivers--Concluding Remarks.-- Tables: --1. Comparison of Chronometers--2, 3, 4. Longitudes and Latitudes of Places in the Line of the Indus--5, 6. On the Soundings of the River--Tonnage--8, 9. Cost and Hire of Boats. I.--A General View of the Indus. This report is confined to the navigable Indus, or that portion of the river lying between the sea and Attock. Throughout the whole of this distance the river is known as the Sinde; sometimes indeed it is called the Attock, but this latter designation is local in its application. I have retained both, and apportioned them as follows: -- The Lower Sinde, or Indus, extends from the Sea to Bukkur. Upper Sinde, or Indus, extends from Bukkur to Kala Bagh. Attock, from Kala Bagh to Attock. By dividing the river into these sections, each is made to mark certain important alterations in the navigable character of the stream. It may here be premised, that of the course of the river north of Attock our knowledge is confessedly superficial. A few miles above that fortress the Indus ceases to be navigable; but not before it has received, in the Cabool river, a tributary that further extends the advantage of water-carriage to the west--the most important of all directions. Source.--To.