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Issamot River. The Countrey People inform us that there is no good Water near y' 
Road between Nomosgah & Jadopour. In the Evening we came to the Grove of 
Gutcally, which lies 3f miles from Jadopour. This Wood is full half a mile broad, but 
not very close. We halted at the East side of it, but could find no good Water. 
Thro’ this Wood runs a deep Gully which forms y° limits of the Kistnagur 1 2 & 
Jessore Provinces. 
The 17th. in the Morning surveyed 5J miles 5 in y c Afternoon I was obliged to plan No. 4. 
stay in, being ill of a Fever. The Road now runs to the NEBE its proper Course to- 
wards Hadgigunge. A mile & half from last Night’ s Station came to the Tank & Grove * 
of Bannyel. They are both remarkably good. About a mile & half farther on we 
crossed the Kobbatuck or Koba Duke River.® It is said to be a Branch either of the 
Comer or Issamot, & is navigable from hence to Sunderbound for y l largest Boats. The 
Tide flows up above the Ferry, & the River is about 130 yards broad. On the East 
side of the Ferry is the Village of Jigergutcha or Jingergutcha where there is a Grove 
of Peepel Trees. 3 
We stopt at a Tank situated in y e midst of a thick Wood 2J miles from Jigergutcha. 
The Road hereabouts is intersected by several deep Gullies. 
The 1 8th. in the Afternoon continued the Survey & went about 3 miles. The 
Countrey in general is open & well cultivated ; in the Groves there are great numbers 
of Coconut Trees, & a kind of Trees named Cazir-Gatch 4 from whence they make a 
coarse kind of Sugar. In the Evening halted at a good Tank near Mallunchee. 
The 19th. surveyed 8 miles of the Road, At Pullugot if miles from Mallunchee 
crossed the Mookterserai River ; we crossed the River in Boats, but a little way below * 
the Ferry it is fordable. The Current of this River is very slow. 
About a mile beyond the River is the Residence of the Jessoor Rajah. 5 His 
House is surrounded by a large Grove of Coconut Trees, & is only visible from the NE 
ward. Here are two good Tanks, & a small Village named Chansera. From hence 
the Road leads across Padda Fields to Neelgunge or Eeelgunge, a Bazar lying on the 
Western side of the Boyrub River. At this Place is a remarkable fine Mango Grove. 
The Boyrub River 6 * 8 is very deep at the crossing Place, but farther down it is shallow 
in many Places. Altho’ it lies full as near the Sea as the Kobatuck, yet the distance 
by the River is so great by reason of its serpentine Course, that the Tides do not reach 
this Place. This is the River that runs by Daudpour and Culna. Its breadth at Plan no. 
Neelgunge is 90 yards. 
1 Krishnagar, now a subdivision of Nadiya district. 
2 The Kabadak R., an offshoot of the Matabhanga. It forms the boundary between the districts of Nadiya, the 
24-Parganas, and Jessore. 
3 The Pipal, Ficus religiosa. 
* Khajur gachh, the bastard date palm, Phoenix sylvestris. The manufacture of sugar from this palm has since 
reached large proportions in Jessore district. A full account of it will be found in Sir. W. W. Hunter’s Stat. Acc. of 
Bengal (Jessor), Vol. II, pp. 280-298. Jhingergachha (Rennell’s Jigergutcha) is one of the principal centres of the trade. 
& The residence of the Jessor Rajas is at Chanchra (Chansera of text), about a mile south of the Civil Station- 
It formerly had a rampart and fosse surrounding it, but the remains only are traceable. The Raja at this time was 
Srikant Rai, but at the time of the Permanent Settlement he lost the greater part of his estate. He died in 1802 
(Hunter, loc. cit., pp. 202, 204). 
8 The Bhairab, a tributary of the Madhumati. 
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