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DECEMBER 1766. 
Between Boutan & Raage Gunge L it is named the Teesta, from thence to Bandegotta 
the Attri ; between that & Cullum the Gole nuddy ; & afterwards the several names 
of Baganuddy, Ballaser, & Currumjar. 
Mr. Richards had surveyed the River from Raage Gunge to Cullum as before- 
mentioned, but for want of an Instrument for taking the Latitudes the latter part of 
the Survey was not sufficiently exact : for this Reason we proceeded up the River & 
took the Latitudes as far as was necessary. We finished the Survey as far as Cullum 
the 9th. of December. 
From the 9th. to y e 13th. proceeded up the River whose Course is from the NW 
to vSE. taking y e Latitudes at several places. The last Observation was at Bauman- 
para near Conchon, 2 the Latitude of which was 24°-53' North. The Course of the 
River from hence to Raage Gunge is nearly North & y e distance determined by the 
Latitude of Raage Gunge. 
* At Baumanpara the River is 300 yards broad & sufficiently deep. About 12 
miles below this Place the River changes its general Course from South to SE & at the 
same Time seperates into 2 Channells, & the Northmost of these again into several 
others. By the Waters being divided into so many Streams it happens that none of 
them are navigable for Boats of 2 Cubits draught of Water. This shallow place is at 
Kalcour 4 miles above Bandegotta. At Bandegotta the two principal Channells join 
again. The Countrey round this Place is an entire Swamp. 
Having finished our Observations the 13th. we proceeded down the River again 
in order to survey a Branch of it which turns off to the Eastward near Chatmol & 
receives the Gorregott & Rungpour Rivers. 3 
All our leisure Time since we left Dacca has been employed in compiling a general 
Map for Lord Clive. After all the Observations that we could make before his Lord- 
ship’s setting out, the Map would remain very imperfect without we were supplied with 
* Copies of several Maps from Calcutta, & it being too late to wait for these, I determined 
to go to Calcutta as soon as the Survey of the abovementioned River should be corn- 
pleated. 
The 1 6th. at Night arrived at the head of the Eastern River, & the next day 
Mr. Richards proceeded to survey it whilst I was employed on the Map. This River 
after a very serpentine Course thro’ the Jeels leads to Sajatpour a large Village situated 
at the conflux of the Rungpour & Gorregott Rivers. It is necessary to observe that 
Seerpour & Sheebgunge are both situated on the Gorregott or Coretya River ; & that 
Nulshi & Bailcoonsi are on that distinguished by y e name of the Rungpour River. 
We had not Time to survery the Currumjar River as I intended, by reason 
of the sudden departure of Lord Clive. We left Sajatpour & proceeded for Calcutta 
the 20th. of December. We arrived at Jelenghee the 25th. at Noon. I observed 
that we could make no further Progress than from 18 to 22 miles a day in the great 
* River altho’ our Boats were light, & the Dandies kept at work the whole Day. We 
1 Dinajpur. 
2 About 45 miles S. of Dinajpur. 
I' lie Karatoya and tile Ghaghat. The latter becomes the Bengali R. in the lower part of its course and flows 
parallel with the Brahmaputra for a considerable distance. 
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