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MEMORANDUMS. 
A Coss of Indistan 1 2 
1760 ) 4000 (2-480 yds. or 
3520 
2J miles nearly. 
480 
Ganges rises 30 feet Perpendicular in y e 
200 yards — 1 Zarieb. 
20 Zariebs — 1 Coss. 
4,000 yd. in a Coss (Capt. Polier). 
Rains, measured at Jelenghee. 
Boats 20 days from Patna to J elenghee. 
No Coconut Trees (or very few) on y e Banks on y e Ganges. 4 * 
Price of Calcutta Boats 
of 90 Maund. Hire pr. Month. 
4 Dandies . . 12 
1 Mangy 3 . . 4 
Variation of y e Needle near Negarin in y e Jelenghee 
3°-3 / East by Knight’s Compass. 
Rising of y e Rivers* in y e Rains. 
1764 
May 19th. .. if Cubits Jelenghee. 
,, 29th. . . 3 Cubits Sappour. 
June 4th. . . 4 do. Custee. 
* Jelenghee & Ganges. 
From Mr. \s Journal. Entered Channell Creek 7th. March. Came 
to Sewtylewry 25th. do. May 19th, left Hobbygunge, the 20th. entered the 
Puddaw,* Came thro’ Rottingunge & Pubna Creeks. 
From Maudapour to Boostna or Goostney 3 days by the Chunnunah & Comer 
Creeks. In y e dry Season only Boats of 100 Maund can go from Maudapour to 
Boostna. 6 
1 Originally Sansc. ‘ kvosa \ a call, the distance to which a man’s call could be heard. It varies much in different 
parts of the country, but is generally taken to be about two miles (Hobson Jobson, p. 261). For a discussion of the 
length of the Coss, see Rennell ‘ Memoir of Hindustan,’ p. 4, and note, p. 151. 
2 There are cocoanut plantations in many parts of East Bengal, and the tree ascends both the Ganges and Brahma- 
putra to a considerable distance. 
3 Manjhi, the headman or steersman of a boat. 
* The Padma or Padda is the name given to the main channel of the Ganges from the head of the delta to its 
conflux with the Meghna. The route taken was the southern route through the Sunderbuns. The name of the traveller 
is not given. 
6 Maudapur was at the head of the Cliandna (Chunnunah) river, and Bhushna on the Barasia, a little to the east of 
Muhammadpur. In the Bengal Atlas, No. I, it is shown due north of the latter town. 
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