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y e first principal Village in the Route from Pubna to Denospour. Hurriol 1 2 lies on 
y e East side of the Jeels & about 6 \ miles NE from 
Chatmol. The nearest River to it is the Baganudi or 
dicing y^ l fairSeason 0t navigable Chatmol Riverf with which it communicates by means 
of the Jeel. 
At Sittalya 9 miles NNW from Chatmol the River divides into two distinct * 
Branches, the Westmost flowing thro’ a fine high Countrey, & the other thro’ a Jeel. 
The Western River leads to Nattour the Capital of the Radshy Province, the other 
to Cullum & Denospour. As the River near this place divides into a great number 
of Branches it will be impossible to convey an Idea of their Courses without the Map, 
to which I shall refer. 
Nattour 3 * * is situated on a very small River whose Course is in general about East 
& it is said to be a Branch of the Ganges which seperates somewhere above Bolio. 4, 
It is not navigable in y e dry Season, so that Boats at that time cannot come within 
5 miles of the Town where a small Branch of the Denospour River comes. 
Nattour has a large Bazar but is a Place of no Trade. The Rhany Bowany or 
Rajah’s House is y e only Brick Buiding in y e Town ; this is surrounded by a high 
wall & a Ditch, but not after the manner of a Fortification. Two miles NE from 
Nattour is Diggypattia a Village belonging to Dyram. 6 This Village contains several * 
Brick Houses, & a large Pagoda. The Countrey round Nattour lies very low. 
Nattour lies in Eatitude 24°-24 / -3o" North & bears from Muxadabad ENE 47 miles. 
Cullum 6 a large Village lies on y e Eastern Bank of the great Denospour River & 
at the head of the large Jeels. With respect to Nattour it lies EBN 11 miles. This 
is the first Place where we could with any certainty determine the breadth of the 
River, 1 for farther down it either mixes with y e Jeels or seperates into several Streams, 
so that no Idea can be formed of the quantity of the Body of Water. Above Cullum 
it is in general 200 or 220 Yards broad & deep enough for y e largest Boats, excepting 
at one certain Place which I shall take notice of hereafter. The Stream is not rapid, 
nor is y e Water of the muddy colour of the Ganges & Baramputrey. This River has a 
great many names given it, the People of every District giving it a particular Name. * 
1 Hureeal in the same Atlas Sheet. The E. I. Co. had a factory at ‘ Hurriaul ’ in 1784, and the French traded here 
from 1766 to 1770 (Bengal, Past & Present, Vol. Ill, No. 2, p. 366). 
2 A village 011 the Ganges below Rampur Boalia near Charghat. The creek is the Baral R. Its mouth is closed by a 
sand bank which obstructs the passage for several months in the year (Hunter, Stat. Acc. Beng., Vol. VIII, p. 24). 
3 Nattor, the residence of the hereditary Rajas of Rajshahi. At this time it was the largest and wealthiest 
zemimdari in Bengal, and it was about five times the size of the present District, extending from Bhagalpur on the 
West to Dacca on the east, and including a large territory on the south bank of the Ganges. The estate was at this time 
in possession of a woman, the Rani Bhawani, whose failure to pay the revenue demanded by the English led to the 
gradual break up of the estate, and the Nattor family now ranks only third or fourth in Rajshahi in respect of wealth 
(Hunter, imp. Gaz., Vol. XI, p. 429. Annals of Rural Bengal, p. 58). For a complete account of the character and 
career of the Rani Bhawani see Cal. Review, Vol. LVI, p. 9, seq. 
+ Rampur Boalia, a large and important centre of commerce 011 the Ganges. 
6 Da yaram, the Dewan and trusted adviser of the Rani Bhawani (see article in Cal. Review cited above). 
Chalan, at the head of the Chalau jhil ( ante p. 82). 
The Atrai. At this time the volume of water must have been very much greater than it is now, for the main 
stream of the Teesta took this couise on its way to join the Ganges. The clearness of the water is no doubt due to the 
deposition of the silt in the numerous jhils through which the river flows. 
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