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through it towards Dacca. At Sunset saw Dyatybalypour Pagoda to the NE distant 
4 miles, & at the same time left the main Creek & proceeded through a very small 
Creek, which brought us into the Isamutey River about 9 at Night. We crossed 
the Isamutey again soon after & went through a small 
* Equal to 5 English miles or 6 (3 ree p + 0 the NE’ward, & at ii came within one Pour 1 2 * 
Bengali Hours travelling. > 
or Par of Dacca. Here we rested till Morning, & got to 
Dacca about 9 AM. 
My Disorder increasing, I remained at Dacca till y e 2d. November when being 
tolerably recovered I set out from thence to proceed with the Survey. 
16 During my stay at Dacca the Weather was remarkably fine & cool, the Mornings 
commonly Foggy till near 8 o’Clock. 
Whilst at Dacca I wrote to Mr. VanSittart informing him of my illness, & of the 
late Progress of the Survey, inclosing a Sketch of it. At the same time I requested 
his Opinion of the utility of surveying the Baramputry or Megna from its conflux 
with the Ganges" to Dacca. He was pleased to express his Approbation of it, & 
ordered it to be carried into Execution when the present Service should be finished. 
Nov 1 '. 2d. in the Afternoon left Dacca, & at 8 next Morning entered the Isamutey, 
leaving it again at 10, going back the same Road we came. At Noon y e 3d. set 
Dyatybalypour Pagoda bearing E 24 0 N dish about 4 miles, & that of Barycally S 
2i°-30 / W . about 5 or 6 miles. We were at this Time half way down y e Creek, that 
runs from Nabobgunge Creek to y e Isamutey. 
17 From Nabobgunge Creek we turned to y e Eeft & went through a very small 
Creek whose Course was from South to SBW ; the inlet of it is near Churol distant 
from Nabobgunge i\ pour or about 8 English Miles. 
The 4th. following the Course of the small Creek came into Jeels which we were 
about 2 hours in crossing, & then entered a very small Creek, our Course mostly 
South. At Noon saw the Pagodas at Neurpour 3 bearing South distant 5 or 6 miles. 
At 5 PM passed about \ a mile to the Westward of the Pagodas & came very 
near our old Mark at Gohulercandy at Night. The Countrey here is mostly Swamp 
or Jeels. 
The 5th. at 8 in the Morning came into the great River by Nullua Creek, 4 & 
coming to the place where we left off, proceeded with the Survey. We have now 
been absent from it 10 days. 
From this time to the 17th. inclusive no remarkable Circumstance happened ; 
the Weather being extremely fine, we have no other Obstacles to carrying on our 
1 Hobson Jobson has Puhur (Hind, pahar, pakr), a fourth part of the day or night, a ‘ watch’ or space of 8 gharis. 
It is not mentioned in that work as a measure of distance. In the notes appended to this journal Rennell gives de- 
terminations of the Par or Pour (see p. 127.) The Bengal hour was the ‘ ghari measured by a floating cup with a 
small hole in it, adjusted so that it would fill and sink within a certain time. This interval was 24 minutes, 8 of these 
intervals making a Puhur or Par. 
2 This was of course at that time to the south of Dacca, not to the west as it is now. 
8 Nurpur. None of these temples are mentioned in the List of Ancient Monuments. 
4 It is below this point, according to Mr. Ascoli, that the greatest changes in the course of the Padma have taken 
place since Rennell ’s time. 
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