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cher several miles to my left, and passing through a part of the Ungool 

 territory : the third day, the 24th, I reached the village of Nagunna on 

 banks of the Brahminee, about two miles east of Nadurra. There is a 

 very ancient temple here, dedicated to Nagnath : the name of the vil- 

 lage is a corruption of this title. There is an inscription round the lin- 

 gum placed within the temple which is very small. I was not permitted 

 to see it, and was informed that the greater part of it was obliterated. 



From Nagunna I proceeded the following morning to Chundeepal, a 

 village surrounded with the richest cultivation, and close on the banks 

 of the river, on the alluvial deposits of which there is extensive 

 tobacco cultivation ; it supplies the markets of Cuttack, Budruck, and 

 Balasore. 



My next march was to the large town of Kasseepur, likewise on the 

 banks of the river : the cultivation is equally good. Many merchants 

 reside here ; their trade is in timber, cotton, tobacco, oil seed, and other 

 products of the forests. I remained during the heat of the day at 

 this place, and in the evening proceeded by dawk towards Calcutta. 

 I arrived on the fourth day after having travelled no less than miles 

 from the 23rd of February to the 30th of March. I however feel am- 

 ply repaid for the fatigue endured, first, from having been enabled to 

 reinspect the Dhauli inscriptions ; and, secondly, in having been so 

 fortunate as to discover such extensive fields of coal, above which iron 

 ore is equally plentiful. It is to be hoped that the day is not far dis- 

 tant when these valuable minerals may be turned to good account. 



