JANUARY 1766. 
From Rungpour to the Northwest. 
33 The 22nd. of January left Rungpour & proceeded to the Northwest. Our Road 
lay along the NE Bank of the Goggot 1 2 or Rungpour River for upwards of 5| Miles ; 
we then crossed it, it being but 3 foot deep. This Ford lies opposite to the Village 
of little Jaffiergunge. 
On the West side of the Goggot & opposite to Jaffiergunge are the remains of an 
old Intrenchment : it is of a circular figure & more than half a mile in diamater : 
the Parapet (Rampart) is 16 or 18 foot high. 4 * The Sanashygotta Road lies thro’ 
the Intrenchment. The Countrey here is not so well cultivated as on the east side 
of the Goggot. 
Gungepour is the next Village to little Jaffiergunge & is distant from thence 
about 5 miles to the WNW. The Roads here are bad, & the Countrey but little 
cultivated. Great Jaffiergunge a Bazar lies near 8 miles from Gungepour & on the 
Jabbunseray Creek. This Creek is not above 2 foot deep at this Time: its Course is 
from NNE to SSW. 
34 Five miles & half NNW from J affiergunge we crossed the Sannalkotta River which 
is about 60 yds. broad & about 2 \ foot deep : the Water of it is remarkably clear. 
The Countrey on the Eastern Bank of this R. lies high & is mostly uncultivated. 
After crossing this River we passed Cochymeda a large Village & Gunge : here the 
Countrey begins to be better cultivated & is planted with Tobacco 3 in many places. 
The Road from Cochymeda lies along the SW Bank of the Sannalkotta for near 7 
miles when we crossed it again near a small Village named Euckypour. The Roads 
here are mostly thro’ Paddy Fields. 
Banchdaw a middling Village lies 2 \ miles N. from the crossing place of the 
Sanalkotta; & about 4 miles NW from this place is Meergheer Haat where the 
Sanalkotta must be crossed a third Time. This River is a Branch of the Teesta, & 
comes out of that River above Allygunge & as we are informed runs into the 
Coretyad 
Dammo-Choculo a Haat is 2 \ miles WNW from Meergheer Haat. The Countrey 
35 between these Places is cultivated. Four miles NNW from Dammo-Choculo is 
Dewangunge a large Village & the limit of Rungpour towards Baar 6 or Ajora. 
There is much Tobacco planted in this Neighbourhood. 
1 The Ghaghat R. 
2 This entrenchment is not mentioned in the List of Ancient Monuments. 
a Tobacco is one of the chief exports from Raugpur District. The leaf is bought up by Hughs from Chittagong 
and Arakan for the purpose of being manufactured in Burma (Hunter, Imp. Gaz. , Vol. XI, p. 496). 
4 The Karatoya, formerly the boundary between Kamrup and Bengal. For an account of the changes in the 
courses of these rivers, since the Teesta broke away from its old channel in 1787, see Hunter, Stat. Acc. Beng. , Vol. X, 
p. 226, seq. 
Cooch Bahar. Vihar of Buchanan Hamilton. He says that in his time the addition of ‘ Koch ’ to the name was 
considered ‘ exceedingly uncourtly ’ (Martin, History, Vol. Ill, p. 418). 
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