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others, & making a small Map of the Ganges which was immediately dispatched to 
the Governor. Began likewise a compleat Sett of Maps of the Ganges on a scale 
of 2 miles to an Inch. 
The 23rd. having received further Information concerning the Course &c. of the 29 
Western Branch of the Ganges, set out from Euckyp r . in order to survey it. The 
same day had an Observation of latitude tho’ not very exact. By this the latitude 
of Euckypour appears to be 22°-54'. This Evening put ashore at Doycalley Point. 
The 24th. employed in surveying the Western Shoars of the Jungle Islands 
opposite Euckypour. 
The 25th. arrived at y e Mouth of the Western River & next day proceeded up it. 
After going 4 miles up found it divided into 2 Branches, we kept the Northmost 
imagining that the other led to the Woods/ At Night after having traced it to the 
North & Northwest 6 or 7 miles it decreased from a large River to a very small 
Creek, but finding the Tide to ebb & flow pretty strong I thought it best to proceed 
the next day, & after going about 3 % miles to the South & West, we came into the 
Western River near Kiddarpour. The South side of this Creek is mostly Jungle, the 
North is well cultivated, & produces Sugar Canes, Tobacco, & Betel nut. The prin- 
cipal Village is named Azimpour. 
From this time to y e 29th. employed in tracing y e Western River from Kiddar- 30 
pour to Tockya. Its breadth is from | to | of a mile. There are few particulars 
about it worth remarking. Four miles below its separation from the great Ganges 
a large Creek from Hobbygunge falls in ; nine miles below that lies Goanuddy or 
Gurnuddy,' 1 2 a large Village. There is a high Pagoda by which the place may be 
known at 9 miles distant. Many Boats are built in the neighbourhood, & here are 
abundance of Betel Trees, which seem to be the chief Produce of the Countrey. 
Twelve miles below Gurnuddy a large Creek or River falls in from the Westward ; 
as this Creek is seldom used by Boats, I could get but little information regarding 
its Source, however I am well persuaded that it must be the Burrashee Creek from 
Jaynagore. 3 
Immediately below the mouth of this Creek, the Western River divides into 
two principal Branches, & those again soon after into others, so that it would be a 31 
laborious & difficult work to attempt describing them. We took our Rout through 
the Eastmost of them, which brought us again into the great Ganges by the South- 
most of the two Branches mentioned y e 25th. 
Being now in the neighbourhood of Backergunge, I thought it might not be 
altogether useless to describe the Situation of that place by tracing some Creek which 
should afford y e shortest Passage. I fixed on a branch of the Western River for this 
purpose, & the 31st. in the Morning proceeded to the Southwest, Backergunge being 
distant about 2 days by Water. 
1 i.e. the Sundarbans. 
2 Gaurnadi. The pagoda has disappeared. 
? This creek is probably the ‘ Lolcherra creek,’ mentioned below, p. 94. It isnot connected with the Barasia, which 
is a branch of the Madhumati or Baleswar river, and enters the Bay of Bengal by a separate mouth, the Haringhata. 
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