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runs by y e side of the Road for near 4 miles to the Westward of the place where we 
crossed it. 
Rungpour is situated with respect to Olyapour Wb i2°-20 / North, distant 22J 
British Miles,* tho’ by the Road it is upwards of 24 Miles. 
* latitude 2s®- 43, N . Lon. from ^ Goggot Creek L comes within | of a mile of the west 
part of the Town : it is navigable for Boats of 150 Maund 
till the Month of January. This Creek is said to be a Branch of the Purnabubah 
River, 1 2 which has its Source in the Kingdom of Boutan, 3 * & runs by way of Raajgunge, 10 
Denospour* & Bulloa ; afterwards joining the Ganges by several Branches, the chief 
of which are those of Mahanada, Surda, & Jaffiergunge. 
There is but little worth remarking about Rungpour, it being only a principal 
Gunge, 5 * & like most of the others, the Houses are built of Matts & Bamboos, there 
being but one Brick house in the Town. 
The British Factory is now at Nabobgunge, a Bazar Village lying about 3 miles 
NWBW from Rungpour. 
We arrived at Rungpour the 14th. & the two following Days were employed in 
collecting some particulars concerning the Situation of the neighbouring Countries, 
the Course of the Rivers, &c. 
From the 16th. to the 19th. employed in tracing the Roads from Rungpour to 
Gurygong. 8 This is a middling Village belonging to Baharbund, situated on the 
South Bank of the Dherla or Durla River & about 12 miles N 37°-30 / West from the 
Place of its Conflux with the Baramputrey. The Dherla is from 350 yards to a J of 
a mile broad & is navigable all the Year for Boats of 2000 Maund between Gurygong 
& y e great River. This River has likewise its Source from Boutan, & in the wet ll 
Season has a communication with the Purnabubah. It separates the Purgannahs of 
Baharbund & Vittrebund. 7 
The Roads between Rungpour & Gurygong are in general very rough & Jungly, 
especially in the neighbourhood of the latter. In our Route we crossed the Monaash 
& Teesta Creeks, besides several Jeels which render the Roads impassable 6 months 
of the Year. 
The 20th. & 21st. employed in tracing the Dherla River from Gurygong to 
Baggooa (the place of its Conflux with the Baramputrey) : the distance by the River is 
near 18 miles ; the Current is in general excessive rapid. 
From the 21st. November to y e 2d. December employed in laying down the 
Western Bank of the Baramputrey from the Mouth of the Dherla River to J ugygupa : 8 
1 The Ghagat, formerly a branch of the Teesta, but now silted up at its head. It is a very sluggish and tortuous 
river. In the lower part of its course it receives the name of the Alai, and afterwards of the Bengali River. 
2 The Purnabhaba R. lies considerably to the West in Dinajpur District, and was at that time one of the main 
branches of the Teesta. 
3 Bhutan. * Dinajpur. 
6 A Bazar village or Market. There were 42 brick houses in Buchanan Hamilton’s time (1809). 
6 Kuriganj or Kurigram. 
^ Bhitarband. Bittrebuud in Renuell’s Bengal Atlas, No. V. 
3 Jogighopa, a village 011 the north bank of the Brahmaputra opposite Goalpara, Yogighopa of Buchauau Hamilton. 
The Ahoms had a fort here, taken by Mir Jumla in 1662 (Gait, Hist, of Assam, p. 127), The name appears to be 
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