 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake - 1851 - 672 pages
...course only. The river begins to rise in the upper part of its course in the month of April ; and by the end of July all the lower parts of Bengal, contiguous to the Ganges and Brahmapootra, are under water. A few days before the middle of August the waters attain their greatest... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1851 - 666 pages
...course only. The river begins to rise in the upper part of its course in the month of April ; and by the end of July all the lower parts of Bengal, contiguous to the Ganges and Brahmapootra, are under water. A few days before the middle of August the waters attain their greatest... | |
 | Thomas John Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce Thurlow (5th baron) - 1866 - 248 pages
...second through the year, has been estimated at two hundred and fifty thousand cubic liquid feet ; and by the latter end of July all the lower parts of Bengal contiguous to its banks are overflowed, forming inundations of a hundred miles in width, where little appears above... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1871 - 1146 pages
...others, the average discharge, each second of (he year, has been estimated at 250,000 cubic liquid fuel. By the latter end of July, all the lower parts of Bengal, contiguous to its banks are overflowed, forming inundations of a hundred miles in width, where little appears above... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1871 - 1146 pages
...average discharge, each second of the year, has been estimated at 250,000 cubic liquid feet. By tho latter end of July, all the lower parts of Bengal, contiguous to its banks are overflowed, forming inundations of a hundred miles in width, where little appears above... | |
 | John Small - 1876 - 646 pages
...end of May, the waters of the Ganges begin to rise, and are at their greatest height in September. By the latter end of July, all the lower parts of Bengal contiguous to the Ganges and Brahmapootra are overflowed, and form an inundation of more than too miles in width, nothing appearing... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 726 pages
...any quantity of rain falls in the flat countries ; and when the rain becomes general, the increafe on a medium is five inches per day. By the latter end of July all the lower parts of Ben« I, contiguous to the Ganges and Burrampooter, are overflowed, and forman inundation of more than... | |
 | 1783 - 742 pages
...any quantity of rain falls in the flat countries ; and when the rain becomes general, the increafe on a medium is five inches per day. By the latter end of Ju• An opinion hat long prevailed, that the fuelling of the Ganges, previous to the commencement... | |
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Burrampaoter, are overflowed, and form an inundation of more than a hundred miles in width ; nothing appearing but villages and trees, excepting very rarely the top of an elevated fpot; (the artificial mound of fome deferted village) appearing like an... 
