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of his fliips were daflied to pieces, and himfelf, and his admiral 

 NearcbuSi with difficulty efcaped. The fides and channel are 

 filled with rocks, and Alexander, through ignorance of the 

 climate of India, undertook his expedition in the rainy feafon, 

 which, befides the fwelling of the rivers (which impeded his 

 march) made dreadful havoke among his troops by the difeafes 

 of the country. 



The other two rivers, which complete the Panjab, are the 



Beyaby once the Beypajlja, and the Hypbafis of Alexander. The 



fifth and laft is the Setlege or Suttuluz, the Zaradruz of Ptolemyy 



and Hefudriis of Fliny. Thefe rife in the mountains that divide 



Thibet from India, and unite near Firofepour. Soon after which 



they divide, and infulate a pretty confiderable tra<St into feveral 



iflands; then re-unite, and, turning foutherly, fall into the /"/z^^i- 



fifty-three miles below the mouth of the Chenaub, according 



to Mr. RennePi great map. Between the infulated part and the 



Hydraotes, was the feat of the Malli and the Catheri, objecfts of 



the deftru6tive ambition of Alexander, who, in his expedition 



againft thofe people, feemed more intent on flaughter than 



ufeful conqueft. It was on the banks of the Hypbafis, fays 



$luintius Curtiiis, that the hero joined his forces with thofe of 



Hepbejlion, after each had performed fome bloody exploit. 



Here he concluded his expedition ; and after the difplay of his 



vanity, by ereding twelve altars near the jnn6lion of the 



Hyphajis and Hefudriis, commenced his voyage down the Indus. 



The altars were equal in height to the loftieft towers of wai^" 



On thefe he performed facrifices after the manner of his country. 



He then entertained the Indians wdth athletic and equeftrian 



games, and concluded with invefting the vanquifiied Porus 



with 



