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It must be remembered that the height of the bore, is actuated by the 

 peculiar form of the sands, and the direction, and set of the tides, in any- 

 particular reach of the river ; for instance, where the channel is straight, 

 with deep water, from side to side, and no sand-bank, there will be no bore 

 at any time ; but a mere swell on the coming in of the tide. This is the 

 case at the lower part of Garden Reach, opposite the Botanic Garden. 

 This is the case also off Calcutta, at Howrah Ghaut, where the back chan- 

 nel having lately filled up, the main channel is now confined between 

 high banks. It is only where the main channel lies on one side, with a 

 low sand on the other, that the bore shews itself upon the latter. This, a 

 very few years ago, was the case opposite to Calcutta, and there was, at that 

 time, an enormous bore, but which, as above explained, exists no longer. 



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