TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



I. 



Remarks on the State of Agkicv LTV RE f in the Disttict 

 «/ Dina'jpur. 



by w. carey. 



THE soil of the district of D'mSjpur is consider- 

 ably diversified. In the southern part the 

 ground rises in gentle acclivities, which run from 

 north to south, and are divided from each other by 

 vallies running between them ; the whole resembling 

 large waves, or rather the appearance of the sea when 

 there is a great swell. The width of eacli valley is 

 two or three miles, and that of the elevations abx)ut 

 the same. Each valley is watered with one or two 

 little streams, as the fanguam, the Purnabhavd, and 

 several others, which empty themselves either into 

 the Mdhanandd or the Ganges. These small rivers 

 swell in the rainy season to large lakes, fifty or sixty 

 miles in length, and two or three in breadth, overflow- 

 ing all the low lands, which are dry in the cold sea* 



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