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At Night came to Dytulla a Dauk’s stage 1 2 3J miles from Neelgunge. The Boyrub 
* runs by the South side of this Village. The Countrey here lies very low & is covered 
during most part of the rainy Season. There is a large Jeel lying to the NNE of Dy- 
tulla & within sight of that Place. 
The Boyrub River is the Timit of the Jessore and Radshi Provinces. 
The 20th. surveyed near 9^ miles, the Road excessive crooked & rough. The 
first two Miles lay along the Northern Bank of the Boyrub & thro’ a very close Coun- 
trey. From hence the Boyrub turns off to the SB. & runs by Daudpour to Culna Bunder .* 
Passed thro’ the Jemitdary of Pukarya which belongs to Jessore, & at Noon came 
to the River Sittarya. 3 This River is crossed at Doccalee, where it is about 200 yards 
broad, & very deep. The Countrey People can give me no Account of the Source of 
this River ; they say it comes from a Jeel, by which I understand that it runs thro’ a 
Jeel in its way to this Place. It falls into the Nobo Gonga. The Tide does not come 
up to this Place. The Countrey hereabouts is full of J eels & Swamps. 
From the Sittareea we went 3 miles over a Jungly Plain which is said to lie under 
* Water during the wet Season. At this Time it has a very unpromising Appearance. 
At Night came to the Village of Serampour, where we had our Water from a small 
Jeel, there being no Tanks in the Neighbourhood. Here we enter another Jemitdary 
belonging to Jessore. 
The 2 1st. surveyed 8|- miles, the Countrey chiefly made up of waste Bands and 
Woods. About a Mile beyond Serampour we came to a fine Tank at y e end of the 
large Plain mentioned yesterday. About 9 miles from the first Sittarya we came to 
another River of the same Name. TheHircaras informed me that it is the same River, 
but that is impossible as both the Rivers ran to the Right as we crossed them. 1 * 
. 6 The Tide flows up this second River & I enquired the Time of Tide, which likewise 
served to confirm me in the Opinion of its being a different River from the former. 
This second Sittarya is crossed at Gunagotta a Dauk’s Stage lying y e Bast side of the 
River. The Countrey People inform me that this River passes thro’ the Mohamedshi 
* Countrey in its way to this Place, & that it falls into the Nobo Gonga about 7 Coss to 
the Eastward. The Western Bank of this River is covered with a very thick Wood ; 
the Eastern Bank & y e Countrey adjoining is low & swampy. 
A Mile & half from Gunagotty crossed the Judacally Creek, thro’ which the Tide 
flows up from the Sittarya. It is 4 foot deep at High Water. 
Eastward from this Creek the Countrey is both Swampy & Jungly. At Night we 
halted at Simylya, & had our Water from a small Jeel. 
The 22nd. surveyed 7I miles thro’ a dismal Jungly Countrey infested with 
Tygers. About 4J miles from the Judacally Creek we came to the Nobogonga 6 or 
Bobo Gonga, a deep & rapid River. The Ferry is at Pultya, at which Place a large 
1 A relay post for the mail runners; also known as a chauki (chowkey). 
2 Khulna, an important town lying at the head of the Sundarbans, formerly the headquarters of the Company’s 
Salt department. Bunder=A port or quay. 
The Chitra. This appears to be an old offshoot of the Matabhanga, like the Nobogunga into which it flowed. 
+ This is correct, there were two rivers named Chitra. The eastern branch is now called the Katki (Kutkee of 
Atlas of India Sheet 1 20). 
6 The Nobogunga, an offshoot of the Matabhanga in Nadiya district. It is now completely dry at its head, and 
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