58 Dr. Hamilton on the Frontier of Bengal and Ava. 



of Rennell (Bengal Atlas, map 9.) which he places on the 

 Chinsrree river 105 miles from its entrance into the Kama- 

 phuli; but I have already said, that in all probability the 

 Chingree rises from hills on the south side of the tropic ; and 

 that what Rennell represents as its upper parts belongs to the 

 Gomuti. Allowing that this proceeds nearly east above Ou- 

 dapour, the fifty-five hours, proceeding at the same rate as 

 between Oudapour and Romila, would bring the canoe near 

 the Mugg mountains of Rennell, nearly at the tropic, and 

 the Seela gonga will then be the stream represented by that 

 eminent geographer as coming from Reang. In this case, 

 however, the mouth of the Seela gonga would require to be 

 placed much farther east than Rennell has done the course of 

 his Chingree in its upper part. 



The woodcutters from Komila proceed no farther up the 

 Gomuti than the mouth of the Seela gonga, as in many parts 

 beyond that, the channel, in February, is nearly dry, although 

 there are deep pools between, as usual in mountainous coun- 

 tries ; for here the river passes through what Rennel calls 

 the Mugg mountains, beyond which nothing is known to the 

 woodcutters, nor had they ever heard of a river called Chin- 

 gree or Chimay. 



The Phani (serpent) river, at the ferry between Jurilgunge 

 and Duckinseek, to use Rennet's orthography, is of consider- 

 able size ; but this is owing entirely to the tide. A little 

 lower, indeed, at the ferry between Jurilgunge and Cossidea, 

 it is a mile wide; but the tide flows only a little way above 

 the ferry at Duckinseek, and the stream then is very insig- 

 nificant ; nor could I find that the natives ascend it in canoes, 

 so that by far the most considerable branch of the river, as 

 represented by Rennel, is the Muri, which comes from Kun- 

 dal. This is one of many instances where a large river, on 

 joining a much smaller one, loses its name. 



