1 HISTOKT Ov THE SUtUS.
2 is the •village of Madupoo-r on the bank of the fiver,
3 where: a royal canal was commenced which- earned
4 water to Lahore. After ibis the Ravee reaches
5 the latter city, passing in succession Puthaw, Kuia-
6 noor, and Pursutooiv
7 In former years the Ravee washed the sides of
8 the city of Lahore ; and the Emperor Aumngzebe
9 built a blind, or bulwark, some miles in length, to
10 prevent the river from encroaching on the city.
11 No remains of this defence exist at the present
12 day, but the river probably retains a channel thus
13 imposed on it by art; being at the distance of
14 two or three miles from Lahore, at least the main
15 branch of it, for there are often three divisions of
16 the stream, In the rains, however, there is a com¬
17 plete swamp from Lahore as far as the main or
18 western branch, which flows close to Shalidurra,
19 or the Mausoleum of the Emperor Jehangeer
20 (Aurungzebe). About sixteen years ago, a por¬
21 tion of the wall surrounding this tomb was carried
22 away bv the river,
23 r Below Lahore the river passes Fureedabad, then
24 Barsander, a place now in ruins. The course of
25 the Ravee is very tortuous, until it reaches IJc-
26 liooraba, from whence the river runs in nearly a
27 straight line, and with a very slow current. On
28 the banks of the Ilavee there is abundance of
29 peeptil and bur trees, whose roots are supplied
30 with water from the river itself. The imlee {Ta¬
31 marind us indica) also abounds. The Ravee is
32 .called at this,place Scedunee or the straight river.