1 156 LEAVEFORTHEMISSIONTOPASSOBTAINED. A. D. 1831.
2 all that was stated of the difficulty of navigation, and of
3 the dangers from the unsettled state of the country ; and
4 pointed oat that the horses and bulky carriage could
5 not by possibility be forwarded in any other way than
6 by water, so that it would be a most unfriendly act
7 to both Governments to refuse a passage. The season of
8 1831 was fast wearing away, and there was still delay in
9 the Council at Hydurabad, in making up its mind on this
10 important matter. A strong letter however of Colonel
11 Potting ER at last convinced the Chiefs, and Meer
12 Moor AD Ulee, the ruler of the country, in particular,
13 that permission for the horses, and other articles of pre-
14 sents, to pass up to Labor, could not in decency, and with-
15 out giving offence, be refused. The requisite leave was
16 accordingly forwarded, and Lieutenant BuRNES sailed
17 again on the 10th March, and on this occasion entered
18 the Rucliel mouth by Kurachee Bundur, the extreme
19 western channel of the river. Here difficulties were
20 made, and delays interposed, so as to induce Lieutenant
21 BuRNES to start by land for Hydurabad, in the hope of re-
22 moving them by personal negociation. He had proceed-
23 ed no further than Tatta, when after much chicanery he
24 received the required permission to pass by the route of
25 the Indus. Boats of the country were now furnished to
26 him, and every possible assistance rendered for his con-
27 veyance to Hydurabad, no effort being spared to obliterate
28 the effects of the previous unfriendly treatment he had
29 experienced. At the capital he was received in Durbar
30 with great distinction, a chief of rank was appointed to
31 attend him on his journey, and the best accommodation-
32 boats on the river, even those of the ruling Meer himself,
33 were assigned for his conveyance. Every where in Sindh
34 he met with the same attention, and proceeded on his