Hooghly

/ ˈhuːɡlɪ /

noun

a river in NE India, in West Bengal: the westernmost and commercially most important channel by which the River Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal. Length: 232 km (144 miles)

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To assist the army the squadron entered the Hooghly, when a body of seamen was landed to attack the fort of Boujee.

Others might sail up the Hooghly to Calicut, trafficking with mysterious Indian men.

But the crew were in no condition for work of any kind, and in a few minutes the Hooghly was lost sight of in the darkness.

It was well for the Hooghly that the fresh hands had been taken on board, or she would have become wholly unmanageable.

The doctor cast an anxious look at the horizon, and was relieved to find that the Hooghly was nowhere visible.

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