Almost the whole result of the expedition was to ascertain that the river was navigable and its banks well peopled.
In the dim light of morning I saw some houses at the junction of the rivers, and learned they were formerly the quarters of a Manjour guard.

Until 1864 a military force, with two or three war junks, was kept at the mouth of the Songaree to prevent Russian boats ascending.
Mr.Maximowicz, the naturalist, endeavored in 1859 to explore the river as far as the mouth of the Nonni.

Though his passport was correct, the Manjour guard ordered him to stop, and when he insisted upon proceeding the Celestial raised his matchlock.

Maximowicz exhibited a rifle and revolver and forced a passage.
He was not molested until within forty miles of San-Sin, when the natives came out with flails, but prudently held aloof on seeing the firearms in the boat.

Finding he could not safely proceed, the gentleman turned about when only twenty-five miles below the city.
After passing the Songaree I found a flat country with wide prairies on either side of the river.