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)

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CHAP. V.

By the 12th of June, our preparations for the
voyage were completed, and we again embarked
on the Chenab. The boats here were of a very
inferior description, still called " zohruk;" they
had no sails, and hoist a mat on a low mast in-
stead : their waists are scarcely a foot above water,
and those which they could collect for us, were
but the different ferry boats of the river. There
is no trade carried on by water in this country,
and there are in consequence no boats. A sail
of a few hours brought us to the ferry opposite
Shoojuabad, where we halted. The country is of
the richest and most fertile description, and its agri-
cultural resources are much increased, by conduct-
ing water to the remoter parts, in large canals and
aqueducts.

In the evening of the 13th we visited the town
of Shoojuabad, which stands four miles eastward
of the river. It is a thriving place, surrounded
by a fine wall of brick, about thirty feet high.
The figure of the place is that of an oblong square,
and the wall is strengthened by octagonal towers,
at equal distances. The interior is filled up with
houses, which are built in streets, at right angles
to one another; and a suburb of huts surrounds