Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852   By: Various

CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS, EDITORS OF 'CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE,' 'CHAMBERS'S EDUCATIONAL COURSE,' &c.

No. 423. NEW SERIES. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1852. PRICE 1 1/2 d.

UP THE INDUS.

Three years ago, I received orders to proceed from Kurâchee to Roree by the river route, for the purpose of joining the siege train then assembling for the reduction of Mooltan. Subsequent events caused my final destination to be changed to Sukkur. Although my journey was thus not so long as I had both expected and wished, yet I had an opportunity of seeing some three or four hundred miles of a river that the records of the past, and the anticipations of the future, alike combine to render interesting, and which in itself differs in many respects from the other rivers of India. My position in life that of a non commissioned officer of the ordnance department has prevented me from gleaning information on the subject, either from books or official sources; but it may be that a narration of what I merely saw , will not prove altogether without interest for those who must run while they read who have neither time, nor perhaps inclination, to acquire any more than a superficial knowledge of distant countries.