JUDGMENT

1. The subject-matter of the litigation, which has resulted in this appeal, consists of a large tract of land, included in a ckur formed in the bed of the river Ganges, called also Kirti Nasha, in the District of Faridpur. The land is described in the plaint as comprised within three sets of boundaries which constitute three distinct parcels ka, Kha, ga. The areas of the parcels were stated approximately in the plaint as 10 kanis (=90 bighas), 3 drones (=432 bighas) and 15 1/2 drones (=2232 bighas) respectively. On measurement, however, the aggregate area of the first two parcels has turned out to be 347 bighas, and the area of the third plot 4221 bighas. The case for the plaintiffs is that the disputed lands are included in estate No. 5603 of the Faridpur Collectorate, held in patni by them under the proprietors. They allege that the lands are partly re-formation on the site of, and partly accretion to three mouzas Bhaga Chur, Chur Datali, and Chur Lasti also called Chur Bhaga. The churs were measured in the course of thak proceedings in the year 1859 and were subsequently measured by way of survey during the following year. The plaintiffs further assort that in 1879, as a