FEBRUARY 1765. 
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From y e 2nd. to y e 9th. at Euckypour ; employed in reducing & copying y e parti- 
cular Maps of y e Ganges, surveying Daokytya Nulla, 1 the Sand Banks below I/ucky- 
pour, &c. & taking y e latitude of the Place which by an exact observation appears 
to be 22°-55 / North. 
*The 9th. left Euckypour without having seen 
♦The 9 tF found ye variation at Mr. Plaisted, & proceeded with the Survey from that 
place towards Havatya Creek. 2 
The 12th fiuished the Survey to Havatya, & now all that part of the Megna 
lying to y e Southward of Rajabarry being surveyed, I propose in y e next place to 
survey Chiddypour Creek. 3 4 
The 13th. in y e Afternoon arrived at Chiddypour & proceeded up y e Creek passing 39 
by Mulputgunge. The 14th. in y e forenoon passed Euricule which is situated on the 
South side of the Creek. Euricule, once a remarkable Village lies almost half way 
betwixt y e Ganges & Megna, is about 28 miles S|W from Dacca, & 3 ESE from 
Rajanagore. Here are v e ruins of a Portuguese Church, & of many Brick 
Houses/ 
Jaopsa Pagoda 6 (which is very high & may be distinctly seen in both Rivers) is 
situated § of a mile SE from Euricule. The Countrey hereabouts is pleasant & well 
cultivated ; there are likewise many Groves of Betel Trees. 
The 15th. finnished the Survey of the Creek, having traced it almost to 
Gonganagore on y e east side of the Ganges 
Rajanagore' 5 is situated about a mile & half from y e east Bank of Gonganagore 
Creek, on a small Rivulet which falls into y e said Creek but is navigable for Boats 
only at half Flood. 
Chycundy Creek joins that from Gonganagore about 3 miles below Rajanagore. 40 
The 16th. returned to Berackondy near Rajabarry where we left off surveying 
the 24th January last. 
From the 16th. to y e 19th. employed in surveying from Berackondy to 
Iddyracpour, & having now finished all the Western side of the Megna, we put over 
to y e other side in order to finish that before the Northwest Squalls begin. 
1 A stream entering the Meghna a short distance above L,akslnnipur. 
2 On the same side of the river, about 1 5 miles up stream. 
3 The creek below Rajabari referred to on p. 37, connecting the Meghna with the Ganges. It afterwards became the 
main channel of the latter river, but is now a small creek again. 
4 Perhaps the relics of the Portuguese who were in the employ of the Raja of Arakan at the begnn.ng of the 17th 
century, and on being expelled from his dominions, took to piracy at the mouths of the Ganges. Under their leader 
Sebastian Gonzales, they were constantly at war with the Mughals. They were finally ove 'co ne by Shaista Khan, the 
Governor of Bengil under Auranjzib, and their families were settled near Dacca, where they gradually sunk to the 
level of the natives. 
The name of this place may perhaps be connected with the title of the Marquis of Rourical, who was in 1741 
Viceroy of Goa, and defeated the Marathas at Bardez (Hunter, Imp. Guz., 2nd Ed., Vol. v. p 104). In the Atlas of 
India, sheet 126, SW, it is marked • Noreeko'.e.’ No mention is made of these ruins or of the pagodas at Raja- 
nagar in the Hist of Ancient Monuments, Bengal (see Appendix A). 
6 This pagoda was swept away by the Kirtinasa River in 1881-2 (Ascoli). 
8 The main branch of the Ganges or Kirtinasa river now passes 5 or 6 miles to the north of the site of this place. 
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