JULY 1764 . 
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I have some suspicion that it is a Branch of this Creek that falls into the Hughly 
River at Betwallerah. 1 
The 17th. the Morning rainy, the middle of the day fresh Gales at SE, the 
Evening fine. 
This Day surveyed 2 \ miles of the Burrasaat, its Course nearly Southeast ; the 
depth of Water from 13 to 41 Cubits. 
The 18th. in the Morning the Assistant, whom I had sent to examine the Course 
of the NW Comer (or Westmost Branch of Custee Creek) returned & informed me 
that he had found it navigable 7 or 8 miles up , & that y e Countrey People informed 26 
him that a few Coss farther up, a Creek ran out of it to y e Southwest. Upon this 
I left off surveying y e Burrasaat & proceeded up y e NW Branch of the Comer, in 
hopes that y e Creek above mentioned might communicate with Rangafulla, or y e 
Southern Rakes. 
The place where we left off surveying the Burrasaat was named Maddepour, & 
lies on y e West Side. 
This Evening proceeded one Mile up y e NW Comer, the Course NWBN ; depths 
from 10 to 20 Cubits. The Creek is now 150 yards over. 
The 19th. a hot Day, some slight Showers in y e Forenoon. Went 5 miles farther 
up the Creek, Course from NWBW to WBS. Five miles above the head of the 
Burrasaat a small Creek falls into this from the Northward, but is not navigable in 
the dry Season: the Water of it is quite black, as it runs out of the Jeels 2 3 * ; the 
Country being now entirely overflown in this neighbourhood ; save only the Banks 
of the Creek, & the little mounds on which the Villages are built. 5 
About a mile above the Mouth of this Creek, & opposite to the Village of Away- 27 
pour/ we found only io| Cubits Water, which with an allowance of 8 Cubits for the 
Rise, is only 2 \ in y e dry Season. The People of Awaypour inform us that there is 
not quite 2 Cubits at some Seasons, so that it cannot be navigable for loaded Boats 
of 300 Maund. Farther up, the Creek deepens again to 4, 5 & 10 Cubits in y e dry 
Season. I proceeded farther up in order to get better Intelligence. 
A mile & half above Awaypour a small Creek runs out to the S. & SW, but is 
not navigable 2 miles down in y e dry Season, although the Countrey People had 
informed the Assistant that it was navigable a long way. 
The 20th. the Morning cool, the Afternoon very sultry. This Forenoon met a 
Boatman from Custee who seemed to be an intelligent Fellow. He tells me that the 
Creek near Awaypour will not allow a Passage for Boats of 200 Maund in the dry 
Season. He likewise informs me that this Creek is the Westmost Branch of Custee 
Creek & that 5 Coss to the Westw d . of Awaypour a small Creek from Buxeypour 
falls into it from the Westward. This Buxeypour I imagine must be the Village of 28 
1 Ante , p. 10. 
2 Jeels — Jhils. The great marshes or lagoons so common in Eastern Bengal and Sylhet. Also called ‘ Bhils. ’ In 
Central India and Rajputaua the name is applied to an artificial lake or reservoir (Hobson Jobson. p. 457). 
3 These mounds are artificial. The Chandals, a caste of Hinduized aborigines inhabiting this part of the country, 
habitually build their villages on artificially raised mounds. (Hunter, Imp. Gaz. , Vol. iv, pp. 394, 396, 401). 
+ Abipur. 
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