Burnes, Alexander: Travels into Bokhara: containing the narrative of a voyage on the Indus from the sea to Lahore, ... and an account of a journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia ; performed by order of the supreme government of India, in the years 1831, 32, and 33 (Band 1) (London, 1835)

chap. iv. MOUTH OF THE SUTLEGE.

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On the morning of the 7th we passed the mouth
of the Sutlege, and continued our voyage on the
Chenab to the frontiers of Bhawul Khan, which
we reached on the evening of the 8th. The Che-
nab receives the Sutlege without turmoil, and ap-
pears quite as large above as below the conflux.
The waters of either river are to be distinguished
some miles below the junction by their colour :
that of the Chenab is reddish ; and, when joined
by the Sutlege, the waters of which are pale, the
contrast is remarkable. For some distance the one
river keeps the right, and the other the left, bank;
the line of demarcation between the two being most
decided. The nature of the soil through which the
Chenab flows, no doubt, tinges its waters. This
peculiarity is well known to the natives, who speak
of the " red water ;" but none of the ancient authors
allude to the circumstance. The nature of the
country between Ooch and the Indus has been
mistaken, as it is never flooded. Several decayed
canals, if cleared, would yet lead the water of the
Chenab to the Indus, and may account for Major
RennelFs conducting that river into the great
stream, so many miles above the true point of
union, until the geographical error was rectified by
the mission to Cabool.

We parted with our Mihmandar, Gholam Cadir
Khan, before passing into the Seik territory. We
had seen a great deal of him, and found him well
informed on all such subjects as he could be sup-
posed to know. He carried four or five historical
works with him, among which was the Chuchnamu,