the ancient Acesines, a river of the Punjab, which has its source in Lat. 32° 48', Long. 77° 27', in the British district of Lahoul, S. of Ladakh, or Middle Thibet. Its course is first north-westernly to Kishawar, in the dominions of Ghulab Singh, the present ruler of Cashmere; thence it proceeds S.W. to Riasi, where it leaves the mountains and enters the plain of the Punjab. At Akmar, 50 miles below this point, it becomes navigable—at least for timber rafts. From Akmar it continues a south-west-