. Narrative of the Euphrates expedition : carried on by order of the British government during the years 1835, 1836, and 1837. . g ascendedrather more than 38 miles of river during that afternoon,with an average depth of from 2 to 6 fathoms, anda width of 200 yards. The water was necessarily lowat this season, so that we were prepared for some diffi-culty in the ascent, which, in one or two places, causedus to lose time. Thus we accomplished only S3 milesin 61 hours to the village of Bistoa. The next day,the river still winding very much through woodedbanks, we made our way onwards with less d
. Narrative of the Euphrates expedition : carried on by order of the British government during the years 1835, 1836, and 1837. . g ascendedrather more than 38 miles of river during that afternoon,with an average depth of from 2 to 6 fathoms, anda width of 200 yards. The water was necessarily lowat this season, so that we were prepared for some diffi-culty in the ascent, which, in one or two places, causedus to lose time. Thus we accomplished only S3 milesin 61 hours to the village of Bistoa. The next day,the river still winding very much through woodedbanks, we made our way onwards with less difficulty,the depth varying, as before, from 2 to 6 fathoms. Onebend of the river is so exactly like another, that thepilots have to place stones, to enable them to distinguishbetween the different reaches, to which they give sepa-rate names. As the river improved in depth, so our progressbecame more satisfactory, and we made 67J- miles toKas-al-Kheyran during this day. On the next, findingthat we were passing through a more populous districtthan had hitherto been the case, the Sultans ensign * Lieutenant Murphy. lit CM- w. % m ^ ^ ?< N
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