NOVEMBER 1764. 
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Business properly than the extensive Thickets with which the Countrey abounds, & 18 
the constant dread of Tygers, whose Vicinity to us, their Tracks which we are con- 
stantly trampling over do fully demonstrate. The Weather now begins to grow cold, 
especially in the Mornings, but we have had very few Fogs as yet, which is a favor- 
able Circumstance to us. The Winds have been mostly from the Northward, & if in 
a Morning it happened to blow fresh, the Air was very sharp. 
From Gohulercandy , where we last began our Work, the Course of the River 
is mostly SBE (allowing the turnings) till it separates into two Branches near 
Tockya. 
In the first Reach from Gohulercandy, there are four principal Creeks leading 
out of the River ; & there being 2 large Islands in it, the River is at one place 3^ 
miles over. 
The inlet of Budarashon Creek is on y e West side, 3 miles down the Reach, from 
whence it is but 7 miles by Water to Hobbygunge. This Creek is navigable all the 19 
year for large Boats, & is a good Track for Boats bound from Sunderbound to Jelen- 
ghee &c. 
On the opposite side of the Reach, & within 1 2 Gonganagore Island, a small Creek 
runs out towards Rajanagore, & from thence to Eoricul 5, & the Megna, affording a 
good Passage for large Boats from one River to the other ; though Chycundy Creek 
which runs out four Miles farther down & joins with this within y e Country, affords 
the shortest Passage of the two. 3 In the dry Season they are neither of them navig- 
able for large Boats at low Water, but the delay occasioned by that is of trifling 
consequence when compared with y e danger & risque of navigating the Megna ; for 
unless this Creek existed, the Boats from Sunderbound to Dacca, Assam, &c. must 
have gone up that River. 
Rajanagore,* formerly a place of consequence, lies about 3 miles in from y e 
East side of the River ; there are 8 Pagodas in & near 
.SBW L 27m 23 20 N fr ° m Da ° ca it, some of which may be seen a great way off. 4 * From 
Rajanagore to the Megna or Baramputrey is only 8| miles, 20 
so that the Peninsula formed by the 2 Rivers is not 12 miles over in this 
Place. 
At the bottom of the Reach close by Diggarypara a large Creek runs out to y e 
vSoutheast, but falls into the great River again after taking a Course of about 10 or 
12 miles. 
The 10th. at Pokera found the Variation of the Needle to be i° 6 ' Westerly. 
Near the Village of Tockya, 6 about 16 miles S^W from Rajanagore, & in Eati- 
tude 23°-7 / , the Ganges divides into two separate Branches, forming an Island of 
about 20 miles long, & in some Places 12 over, but of the Particulars hereafter. 
1 i.e. to the esast of. 
2 Luricool of map, see p. 39 and Appendix A 
3 The position of these creeks is now mainly occupied by the united waters of the Ganges and Meghna. They were 
almost due west of Chandpur. 
* See Appendix A. 
6 About 13 miles SB of Madaripur. The main stream of the Ganges now flows far to the North of this 
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