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considerable part of the large returning cargo, which is carried by the 
Booteea caravan annually from Rungpore. 
We found the Zeenkaubs 3 and their party, who had been lately 
deputed by the Daeb Raja to the Governor General, waiting at Mun- 
gulhaut. Their departure from Calcutta had been accelerated, that 
they might conduct me to the capital of their master. They came 
to me in the afternoon; and, as they were encumbered with much 
baggage, and many attendants, to avoid the inconvenience of travelling 
with so large a party, I persuaded them to go on before us. They 
accepted my advice; and we parted, not to meet again, as I expected, 
until we reached Chichacotta. 
Departing from Ghiddildow, we continued to pursue the course of 
the river Durlah for some distance, until it turned short to the left. 
We then proceeded through a very highly improved and fertile coun¬ 
try, where the luxuriant growth of the trees, among which the most 
conspicuous were the sooparee b , semmel 0 , and bannian d , intermixed 
with clusters of the bamboo', and the rich verdure of the fields, 
covered with rice almost ready to shoot into ear, presented on every 
side a most pleasing prospect. We came late to the ground on which 
we intended to encamp, and it was much later when our provisions 
and baggage arrived. The tents were pitched upon an open eminence, 
overlooking the villages of Pahargunge on the left, and Balladinga 
a Zeenkaubs are officers of government under the immediate command of the Daeb 
Raja, a large party of whom are always personally attendant on him, and ready to be 
employed, either in a civil or military capacity, as he directs. 
b Areca cathecu. Linn. c Bombax pentandrium. Linn. 
a Ficus indica. Linn. Bhur, Incl. c Arundo bambos. Linn. 
