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on the right; 15th, Baescherra on the left. The Raja had 

 formerly a house at Dungata; but he has been driven from 

 thence by fear for the Kungkis, called Lusai ; and no Saksah 

 now reside beyond Kanda cherra, half a day's journey from 

 the Karnaphuli. The country, however, between the Chingay 

 and Rampahar, is occupied by Kungkis, subject more or less 

 to the Saksah chief. 



Rather more than three miles above the mouth of the Chin- 

 gay, the Basunta enters from the south-east, and is navigable 

 a short way for canoes. Here, again, the country becomes 

 more hilly and more populous. About three miles above Ba- 

 sunta, on each side of the river, there are hills higher than 

 usual in this range ; that on the south-east side, from a large 

 black rock, is called Hattiya, (the elephant,) and that oppo- 

 site is called Chela. The scenery here is very romantic. 

 The strata are horizontal, and of a schistose structure. A lit- 

 tle above the elephant rock, and beyond the hills on which it 

 stands, there enters from the same side a rivulet, called Sual- 

 ung, up which canoes can proceed some way, and its banks 

 are occupied by those who cultivate jooms. 



About six miles above the elephant rock, the river Kazaiung 

 enters from the north-west, and is said to spring from the same 

 vicinity with the Chingay. It is said to be a considerable 

 stream, and that boats, drawing twenty-seven inches, can ascend 

 it for a whole day, while canoes can go much farther. The 

 banks of this river, at a little distance from the Karnaphuli, 

 and those of its tributary streams, are occupied by the tribe 

 of Kungkis, called Lusai, Lushi, Langga, or Lingta, who ex- 

 tend from thence behind the Tripura territory, and are a ter- 

 ror to both Saksahs and Bengalese. The tide extends up to 

 the mouth of the Kazaiung. 



About seven miles above the Kazaiung, we experienced dif- 

 ficulty in passing shoals ; and about five miles farther on, two 

 small rivulets enter from the south-east, with a narrow point 

 between them. From thence to the ledge of rocks, which 

 closes boat-navigation, is about two miles and a half; and the 

 waterfalls of Barkal are about a mile farther, nearly, I con- 

 jecture, in the 23° of north latitude. These waterfalls are 

 probably occasioned by the river passing through the ridge 



