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Tirtha, in which was situated the holy Nim* tree which was supposed to 

 produce the red Jubd.-f It was a small place of pilgrimage, and is still 

 t,rded as a Ghat of the Ganges specially hoi)*. 



Then comes Dviganga, a double river, because a branch of the Sara- 

 svati fell here into the Ganges and is still known as the Baidyabdtvr 

 Khdl. There is a small place here which still is known as Digganga 

 and gives its name to a family of Brahmans who live there. Then the 

 merchant passes by Chanak, which is wrongly supposed to derive its name 

 from Job Charnock, the founder of Calcutta. It is a much older place 

 than Job Charnock and a old settlement of Hindu Bhadralulis. Here 

 is mentioned the Burania country. What can be the meaning of the 

 words Buranidr Dei ? It may be the region of floods or it may mean 

 the region inhabited by ^fa^IT people, i. e., the divers. The first 

 meaning appears to give a better sense as below Chanak the country 

 is low. On the other side of Chanak are mentioned Ramnan, A'kmi 

 and Mahesa, but Srirampur is not mentioned. Mahesa had an image 

 of Jagannabh, the priest of which in Chaitanya's time was Kama- 

 lakar Pippalayi, a man belonging to the same family with the author. 

 Then on the Chanak side of the river is mentioned Khardaha. It 

 is one of the oldest and most respectable settlements of the Rarhiya 

 Brahmans, one endogamous group of whom derives its name from this 

 place. It had not yet become the chief place of Chaitanya Vaishnavism : 

 yet it is called S'mpdth, an epithet which is used as an honorific epithet for 

 the residence of oue's spiritual guide. Khardaha was perhaps the place 

 where, the author's Guru resided. On the western bauk are mentioned 

 Rishira, Konnagar and on the east Sukchar, Kotrang, Kamarhati, 

 Ariadaha and Ghusuri are also mentioned before the fleet reaches Chit- 

 pur, with its ancient temple dedicated to the Sarvamangala Devi. After 

 passing Chitpur on the eastern side, mention is made of Calcutta. It 

 is a mere mention, just as that of Ariadaha or Ghusuri or Sukhchar. 

 More prominent mention is made of course of Bel or, on the other side 

 of the fort, with its ancient temple of Betdi Ohandi where the merchant 

 comes down to pay his homage to the Goddess, and where he and his men 

 take some rest, to do Some shopping and prepare their midday meal. 

 Betor was a place of trade, and it seems to have had a market. It was to 

 ,1011, what Zedda is to Mecca. Passing by a place named Dhalanda, the 

 name of which still survives in the Dalanda Lunatic Asylam at Alipur, 

 the fleet conies to Kalighat, where the merchant offers his worship to the 

 Goddess. Then he passes Churaghat, which is perhaps Churapara, a mai ket 

 town a few miles below Kalighat included within the South Suburban 

 Municipality, Jayadhuli, Dhauasthiin, and then comes bo Bar ui pur. Neat 



* Mulia Azadirncta. t The China rose. 



