'Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society, from September 1850 to June 1852. Edited by the Secretary. Volume X.' [‎37] (170/458)

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Nalah-i-Hind from the north, and falls into the Indus a few miles
north of Attak.
The Nagaman, (unsuspected) which is the main stream of the
Kabul river, in the months of June, July, and August, rolls along in
a deep and rapid volume, and is almost impassable—the passage is
effected by means of rafts. In the month of December last, the
river was unfordable for troops, and was then a clear and rapid stream,
about 150 yards broad; the Adozai, at the same period, was breast
deep; and the Shah Allum, at the ferry, nearly four feet in depth:
each of these branches was clear and rapid. After uniting at
Dobundee the force of the stream is not so great, three or four miles
an hour being the maximum of its velocity. At Nohshaira, in the
month of December the river was about two hundred yards broad,
n iid is at all times unfordable.
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The Lundye, or river of Suwat, which rises in the mountains of
Hindu Kush, was, in December last, breast deep, rapid clear and about
100 yards broad: in the hot season it is unfordable, very rapid, and
about 200 yards in breadth.
The next river in point of volume is the Khurr-i-Momund, or
Turnow, which rises in the Afreedee Mountains South West of
Peshawur. It is of no great breadth, and is always fordable. A
great deal of water is carried off by canals, for the purpose of
irrigation, and in the hot season is about 25 or 30 yards broad. It is
called the Khurr-i-Momund until it reaches the Khalisah districts,
when it receives the name of Turnow.
The Bara river rises also in the Afreedee mountains and flows in
a small but clear and rapid stream until it arrives near the Momund
Village of Shekan, where it is divided off by canals into three por
tions, one of which goes to the Khulleels and the other two to the
Momunds. The water of these different canals is again subdivided,
so that the bed of the river is at all times dry or very nearly so,
until it passes the city, when the channel again receives the water
of the various canals and rivulets, two of which latter run through the
city, and thus united, join the Shah Allum after receiving the Sarma-
walah. The Sarmawalah is dry for the greater part of the year,
but after heavy rain in the mountains, it comes down with violence,
and carries every thing before it. An occurrence of this nature
took place during the time the Peshawur force was there. After a