CONTENTS. 
Pages 
Preface . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . iii 
Introduction . . . , , , . . „ . , . . . . 1—5 
The Journal 
First Expedition for the discovery of the nearest passage from the Ganges to Calcutta in the 
dry season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 — 24 
Second Expedition for surveying the Ganges. . . . . . . . . . 25 — 43 
Third Expedition for surveying the Meghna . . . . . . . . . . 44—50 
Fourth Expedition for making a general Map of Bengal.. .. .. .. 51 — 74 
Survey of the Road from Eakshmipur to Chittagong . . , . . . . . 74 — 78 
Survey of the northern Branches of the Ganges . . . . . . . , 79 — 85 
Survey of the Calcutta -Dacca Road, and the Southern Creeks . . . , . . 86 — 96 
Miscellaneous Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 — 133 
Appendix A. Rajnagar and Luricule . . . . . . . . . , 135 
Appendix B. Letter of Major J. Rennell . . . . . . . . . . 137 
List of Works Consulted . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 
Index . . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . 141 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Portrait of Major Rennell. From a medallion in the possession of the Asiatic Society of 
Bengal, presented by Lady Rodd . . . . . . . . Frontispiece. 
Facsimile of two pages of the Journal .. .. . .. Pages 6— 7 
Map of Bengal and Bahar, from Rennell’s ‘ Bengal Atlas ’ . . . . At end of Memoir. 
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