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Course of this River is from NBE to SBW, it has its Source in the Tipera Province & 
runs by Kundal. From the crossing Place its Course is to the SW to Jugdya, 1 2 * which 
Place is situated about 4 miles from hence. The Countrey here is close & but thinly 
cultivated. 
56 Kossidya or Cassidya a Bazar Village lies about half a mile to the SE of the 
little Fenny, & is surrounded by Betel Groves & Thickets. Meerjapour or Assarop- 
gunge is the next Village & lies 5 miles from Cossidya. The whole Countrey here- 
abouts is so low that it is quite overflown during 5 Months of the Year. The 
Countrey does not seem to be well inhabited. 
From Assaropgunge to the Banks of the Fenny is near three Miles ; the Roads 
in general excessive bad. 
The Fenny River at the crossing Place is more than a mile & quarter broad at 
present, & continues widening daily, several Sand Banks gathering in the middle. 
This River has its Source in the Chittigong Province, & is very narrow a few miles 
up, & so shallow that I am informed it is fordable at low Water. It empties itself 
into the Bay of Bengali about five miles below the crossing Place. You have a view 
57 of part of the Island of Babnee z (or Baminy) from the SE point of the River, & if I 
mistake not, of part of Sunedeep ’ likewise (those are two of the Islands lying in the 
head of the Bay). 
The Sea Coast from the Mouth of the Fenny to Islamabad River 4 * runs in general 
about SEBS without any considerable Bays or inlets. As Mr. Plaisted is said to 
have surveyed all the Coasts & Islands betwixt Euckypour & Islamabad, 6 I forbore 
setting about surveying them, as well to prevent double Trouble & loss of Time, as 
that the Season of the Year was improper for it. Being however in the neighbour- 
hood of Islamabad I judged it proper to go there in order to collect what Maps I 
could, & to inform myself what remained to be surveyed of the Province. 
The Roads between the Fenny & Islamabad are intersected by a great number 
58 of Nullas, & as most of these want Bridges, the Roads are almost impassable during 
the rainy Season. The whole Road is skirted by a Range of small Hills to the 
Eastward which sometimes come within half a mile of the Road. The Sea is from 
4 to 6 miles distant & frequently in view : the low Bands between the Hills & the Sea 
are very fertile, & are by much the best part of the Province. 
1 Jngdia. Both the English and the French had factories here. The English Factory appears to have been 
transferred to Takshmipur in 1754 (Tong, Selections, No. 128, p 48). After the fall of Chandernagore the French 
Factory was taken over by a Mr. Cree (Bengal, Past & Present, Vol. Ill, No. 2, p. 364). 
2 Bamni Island. 
5 Sandwip Island. These islands were the scene of the depredations of the Portuguese pirates in the seventeenth 
century, and it was on Sandwip that Sebastian Gonzales, their leader, after defeating the Mugliul Governor Fathi Khan, 
established a settlement in 1609. They were finally subdued by the Nawab Shaista Khan in 1666, and their 
descendants are still settled near Dacca. 
+ The Karnaphuli on Chittagong R. 
6 Chittagong. The name Islamabad was given to it by the Mughals, who besieged and captured it in 1666 
under Shaista Khan. 
The surveys, plans, and drawings attributed to Plaisted are : a plan and survey of the coast of Chittagong and 
Khaut Colley in 1761 ; sketch of the coast of Chittagong in 1761 ; instructions for the coast of Chittagong, January 1, 
1762 ; and plan and survey of the Chittagong River in 1764 (Wilson, Old Fort William, Vol. II, p. 164 note). 
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