INDIA EXTRA GANGEM. 



I NOW enter on that portion of India which is diftingtiifhed 

 by the name of India beyond the Ganges. The diftindtion 

 is comparatively modern, being known to the antients in an 

 imperfedt manner. Here and there are fcattered a few names, 

 which they could only have colle6led from the Indian navi- 

 gators ; but I ftiall mention in courfe any other lights which I 

 difcover they might have received. 



Adjoining to Chittigong is the kingdom oi Aracan, which Kingdom of 

 extends along the bay oi Bengal ?ibowt two hundred miles in a 

 fouth-eaftern dire6lion. According to Mr. RenneV^ map, a chain 

 of mountains, beginning in the fouthern part of Chittigong ■ 

 fkirts the fea the whole length of this kingdom, a'^ well as that 

 of Ava, to within a few leagues of Cape Ne^rais. The whole 

 tract is infefted to a very great degree with elephants and beafts 

 of prey. The topography of this country is very obfcure. The 

 mouth of the river Jlracan, the Toco/anna of Ptolemy ^ is placed River, 

 in Lat. 20° 12'. M. Z)'vf;^^'///^ gives its whole courfe. Isiv.Rennel, 

 more cautiovis, and, perhaps, confcious of the uncertainty, only 

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