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between each Stage, as well as that of the principal Topes' & Tanks, by which a 
DetachnR. may regulate their Marches, so as to halt at proper Places for procuring 
Shelter & Water. 2, 
The 8th. surveyed 7J miles of the Road, which runs pretty strait to the NEBE. 
The Countrey in general is open & well cultivated, the Produce Padda, Gram, &c. 3 
There are a great Number of Tanks near the Road, & a fine Tope of Coconut & Betel 
Trees at Chaldibarya 6 miles from Barrasett. There is another good Tope with a 
Tank, at Joypool, miles from Barrasett. 
The 9th. surveyed 8J miles thro’ an open Countfey. We found good Tanks at 
the distance of every i\ or 2 miles. The Villages very poor, & the Rand ill cultivated. 
At Belgurree 2 \ miles from Joypool we crossed a small Nulla ; it is nearly dry at this 
Season, but in v e wet Season it is deep & rapid. This 
| Between J awberria & Hotty- 
bur is a fine Road raised above part of y e Countrey lies high , & is not overflown during * 
ye level of the Countrey. . ^ _ 
the rainy Season. We passed 3 fine Topes this Day; one at Plan No. 
J awberria 5J miles from Joypool, & y e other 2 at Hottybur 3J miles from J awberria . f 
Near y c last Tope is a good Tank & a small Village named Chunderhaat. 
The 10th. surveyed about 8J miles, the road very crooked. We have seen no 
considerable Villages since we left Calcutta. After going 2 miles & half thro’ a well 
cultivated Countrey, we came to a large Plain of about 2 \ miles extent from SW to 
NE, & about twice that length from SE to NW. The Jubbunaw 4 * Creek runs along 
the NE side of this Plain. We crossed this Creek at Mullicpour. It is a Branch of 
the Hughly River & runs out of that River nearly opposite to the Town of that Name. 
It falls into the Issamot River a few Miles SE of Mullickpour, & in y e wet Season is 
deep enough for the largest Boats. At this Season it is only 3 foot deep. 
After crossing this Creek we passed thro’ a remarkable thick Wood which skirts 
y e Eastern Bank of it. This Wood is full half a mile thro’, & the path very narrow 
& intricate. 
Reaving this Wood we entered another large & well cultivated Plain. There * 
are many Villages & Tanks within it, & near the middle of it a large Swamp. In 
y e Evening came to Coy ah where there is a good Tank, but no Grove. 
The nth. surveyed about 9J miles, the Countrey made up of extensive Plains 
with some large Villages & a few Swamps. The Arable Rands seem to be all Cultivated 
either at one Season or another, but at present there is very little of any kind of Grain 
growing. In our Route this Day we passed thro’ the Villages of Dogassia & Mullic- 
pour : they both of them afford good Water & convenient Shelter. The latter of the 
Villages is large & the Residence of the Jemitdar 6 of these Parts. 
1 Tope, a grove, usually of Mango trees. Hobson Jobsoii says that the term is only used by Europeans and is 
unknown to the natives of Upper India. It is derived from Tamil ‘ topu 1 2 (p. 934). 
For an interesting discussion of the use of the word Tank in India see Hobson Jobson, p. 898. The word seems to 
be both Indian and European in use aud derivation. 
2 See below p. 94. 
3 Gram, from Portuguese grao, i.e., grain. A kind of vetch used as food for horses all over India. (Ibid., p. 392), 
* The Jabuna, a creek leaving the Hughli at Kanehrapara, and running eastwards into the Ichamati (Issamot), a 
branch of the Matabhanga, not to be confounded with the river of the same name in the Pabna district, 
6 Jemitdar is probably used here for Zemindar, a landowner. 
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