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tiver, which, in his time, had gradually removed the 

 outlet of the Jellinghy three quarters of a mile further 

 down. The maps, which have been publifhed, all re- 

 prefent the great river as running in that direQion ; 

 only, that in thofe of the CoJJimb azar iW^iudi^ and of 

 the Ganges from Surdah to Colligonga,* it would ap- 

 pear doubtful whether the main ftream ran on the 

 Weft or Eaft fide of the ifland o^ Nipara. There can- 

 iiot be a doubt, however, that the former was the cafe, 

 elfe the encroachment could not have happened ; and 

 it is equally certain that the cafe is now altered ; for, 

 by the junftion of the upper point of the ifland with 

 the main land, the whole ftream has been diverted in 

 a South-Eafterly direetion^ and does not now approach 

 nearer to the town of Jellinghy than 2^ miles. The 

 old inlet of the Jellinghy river has been, in confe- 

 quence, not only rendered unnavigable, but the whole 

 of the channel betv/een Nipara and the main land, viz. 

 from Jalabarya do\\/n to Dewangunge^^ near 12 miles 

 in length, has been completely filled up, and is now 

 cultivated. A confiderable portion, however, of Ni- 

 para ifland has been waflied away ; and the remainder 

 of it no longer exifts under that name, but is called 

 Monimpour dera. It would appear, indeed, by the 

 direQ:ion which the main ftream of the Ganges had fo 

 late as the year 1795, that it had forced a paifage 

 through this ifland ; which feems the more probable, 

 from the name of Monhnpour being now common to 

 the land on each fide of it. 



The main ftream, which, in the year 1795, ran di- 

 rectly down to the inlet of the Howleah river, has, 

 fince that period, been directed again ftill further to 

 the eaftward j and here I beheld with aftonifhmentthe 



B- 2 change 



* See the Bengal Atlas* 



t This village having been lately eftablifti^d, is not found in the old 

 jnaps. It is/iuiated rear the ir.lct of the Howicak or Copiir nver, at 

 Mayefconda, 



