88 
FEBRUARY 1767. 
In the Evening came to Bongong 1 a middling Village situated on the Western Bank 
of the Issamot River. At this Place there is a remarkable fine Grove ; & from the side 
of the Issamot there is a very pleasant Prospect, the River being transparent & ser- 
pentine, & flowing through a Countre}^ made up of pleasant Meadows interspersed 
with Groves & Villages. 
* The Issamot River is a Branch of the Comer Creek 2 whose head is at Custee 3 
on y° South side of the Ganges. The Issamot has a very winding Course as appears 
by a Sketch of it taken by one of my Assistants in y e Year 1765. It runs by Buxypour, 
& Sibnybas/ & from hence runs to the Southward & into Sunderbound. It is not 
navigable for large Boats till some Time after y e Waters have begun to rise ; however 
at the crossing Place at Bonegong it is 12 Cubits deep & near 160 yards broad. The 
Tide rises about one Cubit. 
Capt. Cameron having surveyed a part of this River together with y e Company’s 
Lands, I sent Mr. Richards to trace it from hence to the place where Cameron left off, 
& afterwards to proceed to Jaynagore by way of Culna, describing the Roads, Rivers 
& Country thro’ which he passed, & to join me at Jaynagore. 
This Morning copied & sent a Plan of Channell Creek 6 to the Governor agreeable 
to an Order received from him last Night. 
* The 12th. 13th. & 14th. halted at Bonegong ; the first day with an intent to re- 
fresh the People, & the two following on acct. of the Weather, which was very squally 
& rainy. The 13th. Mr. Richards set off on his Survey. 
The 15th. surveyed about 4^ miles of the Road. This space was extremely crooked 
& rough ; we also crossed 2 Creeks besides the Issamot. About f- of a mile from y e 
East Bank of the Issamot is the Village & Tope of Jaowpour. The Tope is a remark- 
able fine one, & chiefly of Mango Trees. The Nowbory a Creek is crossed about a 
mile & quarter from the Issamot; it is only 2 foot deep. TheHokker is a mile & half 
farther, & must be crossed in Boats; from the crossing Place the Road lay along the 
Southern Bank of it to the place of our Evening’s Halt, which was at the Village of 
Nomosgah. About half a mile Northw' 1 . from this Village is a large Jeel. We have 
every Day variable Winds & frequent Squalls & Showers, the Weather which commonly 
preceeds the setting in of the Southwardly Winds. 
* The 16th. surveyed 11 miles, the Course in general EBN. The face of the Coun- 
trey here has various Appearances, some parts Jungly, others Woody, & a large part 
Open cultivated Plains. Seven miles from our last Night’s Halt we came to the Batena 6 
Creek which is crossed at the Village & Chokey 1 of Jadopour. The Batena is about 4 
foot deep & 160 yards broad. This as well as the two last Creeks is a Branch of the 
1 Bangaon, now the headquarters of a subdivision of Nadiya district. 
Now known as the Matabhanga, one of the three ‘ Nadiya rivers. ’ It leaves the Ganges at Maheshkunda, about 
10 miles below the mouth of the Jalangi. The Kumar diverges from it at about 40 miles from the point where it leaves 
the Ganges and Hows to the S.E. 
3 Kushtia. 
* The Sibnibashi of Bishop Heber (Vol. I, p. 91). At the time of his voyage, 1824, the river channels had altered 
and he could not identify them from Rennell’s map. 
! > The southern route for l oais proceeding from Calcutta to Khulna and Barisal. 
<> The Bhetna. 1 G'havki, a police station or posting house. 
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