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=versally been observed wherever
Canals have been carried,a com=
=plete change in the level of the
spring water; The cause of this
alteration in spring water level,
arises, I imagine from the direct
connection of the Canal Channel
with the wells themselves by the
substrata of sand, or fail of
a previous nature. That we
have come in contact with these
sandy [subst..?], and therefore,
with those links by which the
wells and Canal are connected
sufficient evidence has been provided
in the increase of Estimates
caused by the sandy beds in
which the Canal Channel has
been excavated. The strata of sand, judging from
the wells, and from the out crop
as exhibited in the [scarped?] faces
of the high bank overhanging
the Ganges River, underlie the
superficial mould througout the
whole of this part of the country; and it
is possible that
the
same cause that influences
the spring water in wells, may
act in the introduction of spring
on the high bank of the Khadir.
The nearest approach of the Canal
Channel to this bank is 1 1/4 miles
in many cases, however, Rajbuha
lines will run close upon it.
We may, therefore, expect leakage
although to an extent which
will not I imagine be injurious.

In laying out the Rajbuhas
on this tract of Country, the
most interesting features appear
to be the passage of the West kalli

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