A Year And a Day in the East Or Wanderings Over Land And Sea

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Writer. " (Native Sepoy his Son. ) May 1844. " Ill CHAP. VII. VOYAGE DOWN THE SUTLEJ AND INDUS, THROUGH SCINDE TO BOMBAY. WE left Loodianah on the 22nd of September, at which time, from want of rain during the last season, the river was very low. Owing to this, and having a strong wind in our teeth, we made but slow progress. The boats in use on the Sutlej and Indus resemble a Thames coal barge : the best are heavy ; and, though well adapted to the pecu- liarities of the river, they are ill cal...culated for any traveller whose object is an expeditious convey- ance. The size, of course, varies greatly, and is selected according to the extent of accommoda- tion required. Ours was one of 1000 maunds, equal to about 36 tons. "In small boats a long rudder serves also as a paddle, and the steers- man is elevated sufficiently to watch the true course of the stream. The oars are most un- wieldy and badly managed, and look as if they 112 SUTLEJ AND INDUS. BOATS. Had been constructed in Brobdignag, or in the days of the giants.

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