a town in Hindustan, the principal place of the British district of the same name within the jurisdiction of the lieutenant-governorship of Bengal, is situate on the left bank of the Purnabubah river, 260 miles north of Calcutta. The town has no public buildings deserving particular notice; but it is clean and well watched, and contains a population of 30,000. The district of which this place is the capital is bounded on the N.E. by the native state of Bhutan; E. by that of Cooch Behar and the British district of Rungapore; S. by Bograh, Rajeshaye,