182 ON THE ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY 
The delineation of the country of the Sacz, will be found to 
correspond, in every respect, with that given by Mr Expuin- 
stons of the Plain of Pamere and Little Thibet. It was 
bounded on the south by Indostan, from which it was separa- 
ted by the ridge of Imaus. On the north it was bounded by 
the next parallel chain, Mons Ascataneas, which cannot possi- 
bly be any other than the Mooz Taugh, to whose name, in- 
deed, it bears a rude resemblance. It extended eastward from 
the Montes Comedorum (the Beloor) to somewhat beyond the 
head of the Ganges ; precisely the dimensions of Little Thibet. 
Again, it appears from Proremy, that the merchants, after as- 
cending the Beloor, proceeded for several hundred miles to the | 
south-east, which is precisely the direction of the table land. 
The mere aspect of Protemy’s map, and that of Mr Expnry- 
sToNr, present a striking similarity of form and geographical 
features. It seems plain, then, that geographers, in placing 
the Sace among the defiles of the Beloor, or extending them 
towards Cashgar, have disregarded the whole tenor of Proxz- 
wy’s statements. It is true, Eprist has given us a region called 
Sakita, which seems merely to occupy the summit of the Be- 
loor. But we must observe, that Sace, in Pxuvy and Prore- 
- my, was a generic name for a number of nomadic and pasto- 
ral tribes. It is well known that such names, among the civi- 
lized nations of antiquity, were usually formed by extending 
that of the nearest tribe to a long range of territory behind. 
It was natural, therefore, that the Sacz, the first people who. 
occurred, on ascending the mountains, should give name to a. 
succession of similar districts, till another grand barrier of na- 
ture interposed. We are not, however, left here to mere infe- 
rence or conjecture. Prrny, after mentioning the Scythian 
tribes east of Bactria, expressly says: “ Perse omnes illos Sa- 
“ cas appellavere, a prowima gente.” The district of Sakita, 
therefore, 
