HOOG'LY, a river of Benoit] Proper, is formed, in lat.•23° 25' n., and long. 88° 22' e.. by the junction of the first two offsets of the Ganges, the Bliagrutti and the From the point in question, the stream. strictly so called, is 125 in. long; the estuary, as far as Saugor roads, measuring 35 m. more. Of all the channelsby which the Ganges reaches the sea, the e Ifoogly is the most available for navigation. In the dry season, the tide is felt nearly up to Chandernagore, 17 in. above Calcutta. During the s.w. monsoon, the 11oogly is subject to the phenomenon known as "the bore '' (q.v.). Up to Calcutta the draught is seldom less than 17 ft.; Ina the bottom is said to be silting up. At its entrance, too, the Hoogly is much encumbered with shoals.
an extensive district in the province of Bengal, formerly called Cant_ gong, between lit. 22" and 23' n., and extending a considerable distance along the right bank of the river Hoogly. It is bounded on the '11. by the district of Burdn an, Oil the s. by Ilidjelee, on the e. by the Iloogly, and on the w. by Nidnapoor. Thies
trict consists of low, flat land, very fertile, but that part. which is to the sea is very thinly inhabited; it is called the Sun derbund, is swampy, covered Willi wood. and remarkably unhetitthy. It is intersected in every direction by rivers and their branches, which afford great facilities for internal navigation. the shores of the ocean salt of an excellent quality is manufactured for the government. The area is 2,089 sq. titles. The pop. is given at 1,520,840, an amount which, compared with the arca, indicates the extraordinary density of 728 to the Sq. mile. The Fri nell settlement of Chandernariore is situated within the limits of the district, as are also Chinsura, and Serainpore, now British possessions, but formerly belonging, the first ti, the Dutch, and the hitter to the Danes. The right of the East India company to the district originated in the treaty concluded with Meer Cossiu in 1760.