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about 30 miles below Eajmalial, or 216 statute miles in a 

 direct line from the sea, and that of the Brahmapootra (b) 

 below Chirapoonjee, where the river issues from the Khasia 

 mountains, a distance of 224 miles from the Bay of Bengal. 

 It will appear, by reference to the map, that the great body 

 of fresh water derived from the two rivers enters the bay on 

 its eastern side ; and that a large part of the delta bordering 

 on the sea is composed of a labyrinth of rivers and creeks, all 

 filled with salt water, except those immediately communi- 

 cating with the Hooghly, or principal arm of the Ganges. 

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 by tigers and crocodiles, is, according to Rennell, equal in 

 extent to the whole principality of Wales.* 



* Account of the Ganges and Burrampooter Elvers, by Major Rennell, Phil. 

 Trans. 1718. 



