one of the lower provinces of the presidency of Bengal, situate in the delta of the Ganges, and containing an area of 3794 square miles, with a population of 783,800. The tract throughout is low, level, and intersected by numerous rivers, the principal of which are the Ganges and the Meghna. For the most part the soil is alluvial, but notwithstanding the inundations to which the district is subject, the climate is more healthy than in most parts of Bengal, the several channels serving as drains to carry off the stagnant water immediately after the cessation of the rains. Generally speaking the country is well cultivated, and the crops of rice are rich in the extreme. The town of Backergunge was formerly the principal place of the province, but the seat of the civil establishment was some time since transferred to Burrisol, a town 128 miles east of Calcutta, in Lat. 22° 43', Long. 90° 23'.

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