DECEMBER 1765. 
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The Luheet River, a Branch of the Baramputrey, which separates from the 
great River 3 days above Gwalpara, joins the Bonaash by two Branches; one above, 
the other below the Mouth of the Barrally. This River is navigable for Pulwars all 
the Year. 1 
The Boutan or Thibet Countrey begins immediately on the North side of the 
Barally, & to the Westward of the Bonaash ; which is about the Latitude of 26°-2o ' : 
but those Lands are held by the Rajah of Bisnee, 2 as Tributary to the King of 17 
Boutan. The Boutan Mountains begin in the Latitude of 26°-5o / , & form a Curve 
Line whose ends are turned to the ENE & WNW. The Boundary of Assam is 
formed by the Bonaash River to the Westward, & the foot of the Boutan Mountains 
to the Northward. The Bisnee Countrey has the Bonaash for its Eastern, & the 
Mountains for its Northern Boundary. 
The nth. Ensign Richards 3 * with a Detachment of a Jametdaar* and 10 Sepoys 
joined me on my return to Jugygupa, & on the 12th. we set out by Land to survey 
the Countries between the Bonaash River & Rangamatty. 
We first proceeded to the NNE through the Beesnee Province, the South part 
of which is full of Hills & thick Jungles; the Roads are scarce broad enough for a 
Palankeen to pass, & the Countrey is everywhere intersected by Creeks & frightful 
Gullies overgrown with Jungles. Ten miles NNE from Jugygupa we entered 
Dawaaty Valley which is pleasant & well cultivated, having a small River named 
the Kongeea winding through it in its Course to the Bonaash. There are several 
Villages situated in this Valley but all of them inconsiderable. Seven miles to the 
ME of Dawaaty we crossed the Birally River, & entered the Boutan Countrey, but 
this Province of it is (as I have before mentioned) held by the Bisnee Rajah. The 18 
Barally is now 4J foot deep, & from 150 to 200 yards broad, & runs rather too rapid 
to be forded. The Hilly Countrey ends on the South side of this River : the North 
side is a continued Jungle. 
Three miles & Half NE of the Barally we crossed the Dulelly 5 6 Creek ; this Creek 
has its Source from Boutan, & empties itself into the Bonaash; it is not above 3 foot 
deep in December, & must consequently be dry some part of the Year. 
Bisnee, the Residence of the Rajah of Bisnee & Howargott/ lies about 3 miles 
NNE from the Dulelly in a very Jungly Countrey. This Place lies in Lat d 26°-29' 
North, & Longitude o°-23' East from Dacca: with respect to J ugygupa it lies N 
26° E* distant 33 miles. Bisnee is but a small Village, & has no Bazar, so that we 
1 The Lohit is the name given to a branch of the Brahmaputra much further to the east, separating the districts 
of Sibsagar and Lakhimpur. It is interesting to find the name applied to a branch lower down the river and suggests 
that these branches represent an old course of the river. 
2 Bijni. the Raja claims descent from the royal family of Kuch Behar. The territory is one of the Eastern 
Duars, attached to Goalpara district. This tract, with the Western Duars, was annexed in 1865 as a result of the 
aggresions of the Bhutan Government, but the Rajas of Bijni and Sidli were left in possession of their estates 
3 Afterwards appointed as a permanent Assistant Surveyor, see p. 86. 
* Jama’dar, a native officer. Rennell’s spelling of the word is not given in Hobson Jobsou 
6 ? the Dalani, a tributary of the Manas. 
6 Habraghat, a pargana in Goalpara district of which the Raja of Bijni is Zemindar. In Rennell’s Bengal 
Atlas ‘ Howeragot ’ is shown as lying on the south side of the Brahmaputra south of Goalpara. 
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