MAY 1765. 
JOURNAL of the third Expedition for surveying the Megna & Baramputrey 
from its Conflux with y e Issamutey towards Gwalpara; as likewise the 
Rivers & Creeks leading out of it towards the Province of Bengali. 
Thursday May 9th. set out from Dacca in order to survey the Baramputrey, & 
proceeded b3^ way of the Issamutey River The Weather being remarkably bad we 
were employed from this time to the nth. in making a Passage of 22 miles with y e 
Current in our favour. 
The nth. in the Afternoon began surveying at Doarsanny a small Village 
situated on y e South Point of the Conflux of the Megna & Issamutey.' Opposite 
to this Place lies a very large Sand Bank which divides the River into two unequal 
Channells, of which the Northmost is the safest & best. The Countrey here is mostly 
covered with Jungle. 
2 From the nth. to the 14th. employed in surveying from Doarsanny to Allynya 
in distance about 9 miles; the course of the River is about WSW, & its breadth in 
general about a mile & quarter. The Countrey on the S. side is quite flat & destitute 
of Trees, the North side is a continued Jungle. 
At Allynya 2 * * * a branch of the Megna turns off to the SE & falls into the great 
Megna again at Chandpour after taking a Course of about 24 miles. This Branch is 
named the Panghia River, & is navigable all the year for the largest Boats. Two 
Miles above Allynya a large Creek or River falls into the Megna on y e East side ; 
this is commonly called the little Megna, & affords the shortest Passage from thence 
to Silet & Azmarygunged 
From the 13th. to y e 17th. employed surveying between Allynya & Nauldee + ; 
the River being very crooked between those Places I shall refer to the Map. No. 1 
from which the best Idea of its Course may be obtained. The Co untrey on both sides 
is but thinly cultivated or inhabited, & there is scarce a Tree to be seen for many 
Miles. The Winds & Weather have been variable during this time, as will appear 
by the Journal annexed. 6 ' 
3 This River altho’ it be in general (& especially by Europeans) named the 
Baramputrey ; yet the Countrey People call it the Megna, & this Name it preserves 
upwards of 50 miles above its conflux with the Issamuty ; when it takes the name of 
Baramputrey or Barram-peut. 6 
I This name is given in Rennell’s Atlas to the combined waters of the Iehhamati, Dhaleswari, Bnriganga, and 
Lakhniia rivers. Doarsanny lay on the eastern bank of the Meghna, opposite the conflux. 
6 A small village close to Daud Kandi, where the road from Dacca to Comillah lleaves the river. 
• Azmeriganj, a large village on the Surma in the Sylhet district, about 80 miles NE of Dacca. 
+ Probably Nawadec, now an important mart on the right bank of the Meghna about 7 miles above Sonargaon, 
the ancient Muhammadan capital of Eastern Bengal. 
& See p. 1 1 2. 
b Hobson Jobson does not give this mode of spelling the name, Buchanan Hamilton writes it 1 Brohmoputro. ’ 
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