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as that of Tief entailer, in the latter end of M. du Perron's fecond 

 volume, where the fame lakes are given under the names of 

 Manfaroar and Mapana. In refpecl to the fountains themfelves, 

 we owe the little knowlege we have of them to the laudable 

 curiofity of the great Cambi, who, in 17 17, fent fome Lamas to 

 explore them, and bring back fome of its water to Pekin, a 

 journey of twenty-five hundred miles. This difcovery proves 

 that the fountains of the Ganges were many hundred miles far- 

 ther diftant from the limits of Hindoq/lan, than the Europeans 

 imagined, who placed them, on the report of the Hindoos, at the 

 foot of the Mount Himmaleh. The paffage from the origin is 

 through great and rude mountains, and after a long courfe 

 it burfts out through a rock called Gangoutra. It precipitates 

 mofl awfully into a vaft and deep chafm, according to Tiefental- Father Tie- 



7 • 1 X 1 IT ,-, /- -r^ . FENTALLER. 



l^r in about Lat. 33 north, and Long, eaft from Pans 73*. That 



Reverend Father is the only European who has the honor of 



having penetrated fo far. The country of eminent men fhould, 



for its honor, be mentioned. Father 'Tief entailer was born at 



Bolzano,, in the 'lyrolefe; became of the fociety of ye/us, and 



pafled feveral years, dating from 1743, as a miflionary in India. 



This fpot is called the fecond fource of the Ganges, which after a 



courfe of eight hundred miles from its origin, amidft lofty and 



favage mountains, efcapes from its long confinement at a place 



called Hurdzvar, into the vaft and fertile plains of Hindoojlan ; 



from hence it runs navigable, with an eafy and fmooth courfe of 



thirteen hundred and fifty miles, through the immenfe plains till 



it reaches the fea. Pliny feems to have a better account of the Pliny's Ac- 

 count OF. 

 courfe of the Ganges than we are willing to allow. His dcfcnp- 



VoL. II. Y tion 



