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206 memoir of the indus. chap. iu.
CHAP. III.
on the mouths of the indus.
The Indus, like the Nile and the Ganges, reaches
the ocean by many mouths, which, diverging from
the parent stream, form a delta of rich alluvium.
At a distance of sixty miles from the sea, and about
five miles below the city of Tatta, this river divides
into two branches. The rigflt arm is named Bug-
gaur, and the left Sata. This separation is as
ancient as the days of the Greeks, and is mentioned
by the historians of Alexander the Great.
Of these two branches, the left one, or Sata, pur-
sues nearly a southern course to the ocean, following
the direction of the great river from which it is sup-
plied ; while the right, or Buggaur, deviates at once
from the general track of the Indus, and reaches
the sea, by a westerly course, almost at right angles
to its twin river.
The eastern branch, or Sata, is the larger of the
two, and below the point of division is one thousand
yards wide : it now affords egress to the principal
body of the water ; and though it divides and sub-
divides itself into numerous channels, and precipitates
its water into the sea by no less than seven mouths
within the space of thirty-five miles, yet such is the
violence of the stream, that it throws up sand-banks
CHAP. III.
on the mouths of the indus.
The Indus, like the Nile and the Ganges, reaches
the ocean by many mouths, which, diverging from
the parent stream, form a delta of rich alluvium.
At a distance of sixty miles from the sea, and about
five miles below the city of Tatta, this river divides
into two branches. The rigflt arm is named Bug-
gaur, and the left Sata. This separation is as
ancient as the days of the Greeks, and is mentioned
by the historians of Alexander the Great.
Of these two branches, the left one, or Sata, pur-
sues nearly a southern course to the ocean, following
the direction of the great river from which it is sup-
plied ; while the right, or Buggaur, deviates at once
from the general track of the Indus, and reaches
the sea, by a westerly course, almost at right angles
to its twin river.
The eastern branch, or Sata, is the larger of the
two, and below the point of division is one thousand
yards wide : it now affords egress to the principal
body of the water ; and though it divides and sub-
divides itself into numerous channels, and precipitates
its water into the sea by no less than seven mouths
within the space of thirty-five miles, yet such is the
violence of the stream, that it throws up sand-banks