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Scanning through the ‘Silent Pages’, the natural beauty is seen to have attracted the attention of visitors in later centuries as well. One marks the reminiscences of William Hodges, who upon visiting the region between 1780 to 1784, remarked “The country about Colgong is, I think, the most beautiful I have seen in India. The waving appearance of the land, its fine turf and detached woods, backed by the extensive forests on the hills, brought to my mind many of the fine parks in England; and its overlooking the Ganges, which has more the appearance of an ocean at this place than of a river, gives the prospect inexpressible grandeur.” Later, on 28th October, 1810, during survey of the then Bhagalpur district, Francis Buchanan too was surely captivated by the “naturally very beautiful country, being fine swelling land, finely wooded, with several hills interspersed, and occasional views of the Ganges”. William Franklin, in January, 1813, also appreciated the ‘country abounding in rich and truly romantic scenery, in a high state of cultivation’.
To be continued...