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Gowahatty
From
Ranee Godown, William Griffith had the pleasure of walking 19 miles to
Gowahatty, which he reached on 23 November 1835[176]. In March 1865, James
Thornton marched into Gowhatty, a distance of 17-18 miles (presumably from the
tea garden at Moirapore), and camped on the parade ground there[177]. This was the
principal station of Lower Assam, and extended for some distance along the
south bank of the great River Brahmaputra which flowed through that province.
The
appearance of Gowhatty from the river was exceedingly beautiful, but at that
time the station was one of the most unhealthy in Assam, probably owing to an
extensive marsh which lay behind it. The lower ranges of the Khasia Hills were
only a few miles distant, and the intervening space was a low swampy tract
almost impassable in the rainy season.
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