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32 miles. (21) The Ichhápur Khál, runs from the Húglí at Ichhápur into Barttí bil; five miles in length, and navigable throughout the year.

.—It may be well briefly to describe the boat routes by means of which the extensive traffic of Calcutta with the Eastern Districts is carried on. The chief route enters the 24 Parganás from Jessor District on the east, at the junction of the Kabadak with the Marichcháp River, and proceeds by the latter as far as its junction with the Betná and Kholpetuá, where it divides itself into two tracts. The large boats pass along the Kholpetuá, Galghasiá, Bánstalá, and Kánksiálí, to Kálíganj; while the smaller boats enter the Sobnálí at its junction with the Kholpetuá, and proceed by the Guntiákhálí, Hábrá Gáng, Sítalkhálí, Jhapjhapiá, and Kánksiálí, to Kálíganj. The circuitous route through the Sítalkhálí will be avoided as soon as the new Gobind Kátá Khál is opened for traffic. After leaving Kálíganj, both large and small boats proceed up the Jamuná to Basantpur, where the route again divides itself, forming an Inner and an Outer Sundarbans Passage.

passes down the Kálíndí River, the Sáhibkhálí and Barakuliá Kháls, to the junction of the Ráimangal River with the Bara Kalágáchhiá, and thence along the latter river, the Ráinpur Khál, and Athárabánká, to Port Canning, whence it proceeds up the Bidyádharí to Sámukpotá; and thence, either by Tolly’s Canal to Kidderpur and the Húglí, or by the Goálpotá, the Báliághátá, and Circular Road Canals, to Calcutta at Bágh-Bázár. All heavily-laden boats use the Outer Sundarbans Passage. A sandbank has formed at the junction of the Rámpur Khál with the Bara Kalágáchhiá River. This obstacle to navigation is very dangerous to boats, and is known as the chorá dákátiá, or Hidden Robber. In the S.W. Monsoon and rainy season, country boats do not venture to take the route by the Ráimangal and Matlá rivers. Hence a portion of the traffic by the larger boats ceases altogether at this time of the year, and the remainder finds its way by small boats through the Inner Passage.

proceeds by the Jamuná from Basantpur to Husainábád, where it enters a channel called the Husainábád or Dhánsará Khál. It then passes along the Sulkuní, the Gobrá Gáng, the Bhawánípur Kátá Khál, the Helanchá Khál, the Akhrátalá Khál, the Ghipukur Canal, and the Siáldah Gáng, to