CHAPTER X. 



THE CHILKA. 



THE Chilka Lake extends from Pooree 

 to the neighbourhood of the town of 

 Ganjam, a distance of nearly fifty miles, 

 with an average width of ten miles. It 

 is separated from the sea by a narrow 

 sandy plain, but is bordered on its 

 inland side by a varied and beautiful 

 margin of hill and woodland. The lake 

 is fed by a branch of the Mahanuddi 

 (which joins the sea near Pooree), and 

 during the rains its surplus waters cut 



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