See also:

• SUNDARBANS, or SUNDEBBUNDS

SUNDARBANS, or SUNDEBBUNDS  , a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country in See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, forming the seaward fringe of the Gangetic See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta . It has never been surveyed, nor has the See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census been extended to it . It stretches for about 165 m., from the mouth of the See also:

• HUGLI, or HOOGHLY

Hugli to the mouth of the See also:

• MEGHNA

Meghna, and is bordered inland by the three settled districts of the Twenty-four Parganas, See also:

• KHULNA

Khulna and See also:

• BACKERGUNJE, or BAKARGANJ

Backergunje . The See also:

• TOTAL

total See also:

• AREA

area (including See also:

• WATER

water) is estimated at 6526 sq. m . It is a water-logged See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle, in which tigers and other See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild beasts abound . Attempts at reclamation have not been very successful . The See also:

• FOREST

forest See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department realizes a large See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue, chiefly by tolls on produce removed . The characteristic See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree is the sundri (Heritiera littoralis), from which the name of the tract has probably been derived . It yields a hard See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, used for See also:

• BUILDING

building, and for making boats, See also:

• FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, &c . The See also:

• SUNDARBANS, or SUNDEBBUNDS

Sundarbans are everywhere intersected by See also:

• RIVER

river channels and creeks, some of which afford water communication between See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta and the See also:

• BRAHMAPUTRA

Brahmaputra valley, both for steamers and for native boats .