to one person; but on inquiry, I found that there were several proprietors; the articles forged, are chiefly tools for husbandry and culinary utensils; the work is much ruder than I expected to find it.

Rohunpoor Maiegunge is situated at a short distance from the confluence of the Poornababa and the Mahanunda; this is the most celebrated rice mart in this part of the country; boats as far West as Cawnpoor on the Ganges and Agra on the Jumna, came for supplies to this mart; those of very large burden repair their chuppurs or hulls at the mouth of the Mahanunda, when the water is shallow in this river and send up smaller boats for their cargoes; but at nearly all seasons of the year, boats of very large size can ascend to the mouth of the Poornababa.

Muheepoor of Pergunnah Basdoul-Pultapoor is also a very flourishing town; but it is detached in Chandlaie of Maldah, and is situated on the Eastern bank of the Mahanunda.

Soils. The soils are Muteear, Dorus and Baloo; the two former are very productive and yield rich crops of rice, boro rice, mustard-seed, hemp, lin-seed, pulse of various kinds, the field pea, barley and a little wheat.

The whole surface of these Pergunnahs undulates considerably, and they are very thinly inhabited, except in the neighbourhood of the Mahanunda, which the people attribute to a fearful visitation of the cholera about the year 1816; the present inhabitants state, that the whole population of many villages were swept away; and the half inhabited appearance of those at present occupied, would lead to some conclusion of the kind; the huts appear very generally to have been built of mud, as in almost every village you see many of these domiciles, having merely the bare walls standing, the habitants of which were swept away by the ruthless destroyer. I found two or three small beds of kunkur lime-stone in these Pergunnahs.

Jheels.—There are several very extensive jheels, that adjoining the Poornababa, called Beel Telbora is the largest; it occupies nearly 2000 acres ; as the waters subside annually, rice of several kinds especially boro is cultivated in all available places. The Telbora also as a fishery, affords a good livelihood to several families who ply their occupation in canoes of the rudest construction. There are several other jheels; altogether about 4,000 acres are occupied by them.

Jungle.-Wuzeerpoor contains about 8,300 acres of jungle, principally reed and nul grass, here and there intermixed with trees, brushwood and cane. Basdoul-Pultapoor has 10,400, and Pultapoor 3,800 acres of jungle, making a total of 22,500 acres in the three Pergunnahs.

Wherever it is possible, boro rice is sown broad-cast, without tillage in the jungle, and produces excellent crops, which, however, are much destroyed, by the almost innumerable wild hogs; the cultivators seem to care but little about this, and are satisfied if half the produce is left for them; large herds of cattle almost unattended, graze in these jungles, and gwalas are frequently seen with large herds of buffaloes; these last appear to be the only domesticated cattle that thrive here. Tigers and several other kinds of wild animals swarm; the beautiful sambur is sometimes found. The deer and

hog are so numerous, that tigers seldom attack men; however, I knew two instances whilst encamped in this neighbourhood, in the latter I had the satisfaction of killing the tiger; it was a very large one and had destroyed 13 men and women belonging to the village of Hoogla; he first made his appearance in the neighbourhood in 1843, at least he then commenced his attacks on the human species; his last victim was a very fine young woman, who was assisting her husband in cleaning some pulse, near some grass jungle, a mile to the eastward of the village. I was encamped close by, and on hearing of the circumstance went, accompanied by a friend, to the spot; we found the tiger lying beside the body which he had not torn, having only sucked the blood; after a long fight and many charges, we killed him and restored the body of the unfortunate young woman to her relatives. In the first instance the tiger was killed also, the people of the neighbourhood were exceedingly grateful.

Thannahs. These Pergunnahs are under the Police jurisdiction of Thannah Rohunpoor, Chowkees of which, are located in Parbutteepoor and Subdlelpoor.

Beegahs.-The beegahs in use at the time of survey are as follows:

Assessment. The rate of assessment is noted in the General Statistical Return.

G

CHANDLAIE, NIZAMPOOR, LUSHKURPOOR, HIJRAPOOR,

SHERPOOR-HIJRAPOOR.

Nos. 16, 17, 18, 19, 20.—Pergunnahs 16 or Chandlaie, 17 or Nizampoor, 18 or Lushkurpoor, 19 or Hijrapoor, and 20 or Sherpoor-Hijrapoor, from their great intermixture, must also be statistically combined. Chandlaie is much the largest Pergunnah amongst these which lie scattered, as well as the lands of other neighbouring Pergunnahs within the limits of Chandlaie, which again has its own detached lands in different Pergunnahs of Zillah Rajshahye.

The Pergunnahs alluded to above, are bounded on the North by Basdoul-Pultapoor, and Wuzeerpoor, on the East by Bungaon of Rajshahye, on the South by Gurushat of Rajshahye, and on the West by Sheershahabad.

Rivers. The Mahanunda forms the natural Western boundary of these Pergunnahs, besides which there is no other river; there are however two rather deep Nullahs, which generally assume the names of the villages they bound or run through; one of these Nullahs is fed by the Mahanunda at Chundpara Nudeean, and the other receives the superfluous waters of the Beel Gouree, Pergunnah Wuzeerpoor, but during the cold and hot weather they partially dry up; however, they always contain mud and water sufficient to reach within a few inches of a good sized elephant's pad; their banks are in many places precipitous and generally fringed with long grass, the resort of tigers, leopards, and other wild animals; the sportsman will very seldom be disappointed on this ground.

Roads.—A continuation of the Calcutta and Rampoor Bauleah road to Dinajpoor and Darjeeling, passes through the Eastern part of this Pergunnah; there is a neat and commodious Dâk bungalow within the limits of the village of Nizampoor, Jot Nursingh; travellers from Calcutta, between Moorshedabad and Darjeeling, who cannot put up with a surprized Moorgee, had better supply themselves with something more to their taste, at the former place, for here they will get nothing better; the bungalow servants are civil and attentive, which makes up in a great measure for many other deficiencies. Another road passes through the Western part; it is a continuation of the road which strikes off from the Byrgachee Dâk bungalow, and is always passable throughout the rains; there are also two cross-roads from the Mahanunda, which join the Dâk road near the village of Jhelune; but both are unfit for carts, and during the rains are impassable.

Grand Trigonometrical Towers.-Two Trigonometrical Towers of the Calcutta Meridional Series are situated within the limits of these Pergunnahs, viz., one near the triple boundary, and a little to the North of it are the villages of Bhaluck, Dogachee, and Kulka, Pergunnah Hijrapoor; this in the Series is called the Khetia station. The other tower is situated within the village of Bazeeondurpoor, and is called the Alsapoor station: both have been laid down on my Maps.

Towns. The only town within the limits of these Pergunnahs is Muheepoor of Basdoul-Pultapoor; it is situated on the Mahanunda and has a respectable Bazaar; there are several apparently thriving and densely populated villages on the banks of the river ; none of the interior villages are of any note.

Soil. The soils are Muteear, Dorus and Baloo; they are productive, but cultivation excepting rice is not carried on to much extent; there are, however, whenever the land is

cleared and tilled for their reception, excellent crops of wheat, barley, lin-seed, pulse of various kinds, mustard-seed, and a little barley; these are generally cultivated in the vicinity of the Mahanunda; the surface of these Pergunnahs undulates considerably, especially on the Eastern side, and in places I also noticed small beds of Kunkur lime-stone.

Harvest. The harvests are Bhudooe, Khureef and Rubbee.

Climate. The climate is somewhat better than that of Wuzeerpoor, and the neighbouring Pergunnahs to the North; the country is equally jungly if not more so, but the jungle is not so intermixed with jheels and noisome swamps; to this alone can be attributed the altered appearance of the inhabitants; the villages in the interior are more thickly inhabited than those of Wuzeerpoor, &c., and less densely so, in the immediate vicinity of the Mahanunda, which shows that the people are not driven from their homesteads in the interior to seek for salubrity.

This Pergunnah was also visited by the fearful pestilence that desolated Wuzeerpoor about 1816, and many villages have not yet assumed their original appearance.

Factory.-There is one Indigo Factory on the bank of the river, called Kaleetullah, belonging to Mr. Peter MacArthur of Maldah; the plant which supplies it, is for the most part produced on the Western side of the river.

Jungle.—The jungle is exactly of the same description as that of Wuzeerpoor, generally high grass and low jungle intermixed with forest trees; nearly 28,000 acres of Chandlaie are covered with jungle; Nazimpoor has about 2000 acres, but still it is not unprofitable; boro rice being cultivated in almost every available spot and the grass is much used for making the sides and roofs of houses.

Thannah-These Pergunnahs are under the Police jurisdiction of Thannah Chupaie, which has three Chowkies, one at Jhebun on the public Dâk road, another at Goshainpoor, and the third at Muheshpoor on the Mahanunda.

Area. The following Table will give the respective areas of these Pergunnahs.

Detached

Included

Recorded

Names of Pergun- Total Area by lands to be lands to be Area of Per

nahs.

Survey.

Area in

Square Remarks.
Miles

Beegahs.-The beegahs in use during the time of survey are as follows:

Assessment. The rate of assessment is noted in the General Statistical Return.

KANKJOLE

No. 11, or Pergunnah Kankjole, is divided into four compact portions, which for distinctions sake, had better be called the Northern, Middle, Southern, and Eastern portions; it has also twelve villages detached in Shikarpoor, the most distant of these is 26 miles from the Eastern compact portion.

Northern Part. This portion is bounded on the North, East, and South by Pergunnah Akburpoor, and on the West by Kankjole of Purneah.

Middle.—This portion is bounded by Akburpoor on the North, and by Kankjole of Purneah on the South, East and West.

Southern. This portion is bounded by Kankjole of Purneah and Mukraen of Maldah on the North and East, and by Kankjole of Purneah on the South and West.

Eastern Portion.-This portion is bounded by Kankjole of Purneah on the West, and by Kotwalee of Maldah on the North, East and South.

Rivers, &c., of Northern Portion.-The principal rivers in the Northern portion are the Kalindry and the Koosee; the latter after running a Westerly course for some miles in Kankjole of Purneah nearly parallel to the Ganges, enters the district of Maldah at the village of Bungalapara, flows in a South-easterly direction for about two miles, passing through the village of Chowkeea Puharpoor of Kankjole of Purneah, and unites with a small arm of the Kalindry, and assumes the name of the Dhurumdowla Nuddee. Gorgureebah Thannah and a Moonsiff's Kutcheree are situated in this portion, as well as the towns of Bazeedpoor, Russoolpoor, and Baloopoor; these are all very densely populated ; the people appear to be very healthy, and are much more robust, active, and intelligent than those who reside on the Eastern side of the Mahanunda. The public road from Purneah to Maldah passes through Gorgureebah.

Middle Portion.-The middle portion abuts on the Ganges; it contains six Uslee villages and two Arazees, whose united area amounts to about 3,320 acres ; there is no place of note; a road from Gorgureebah Thannah to Maldah passes through it.