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the latter of which runneth into the Ganges, and both are 

 navigable. The Nations called Calingse are close upon the 

 Sea ; but the Mandei and Malli, among whom is the Moun- 

 tain Mall us, are above them ; and then is the Ganges, the 

 farthest Bound of all that Tract. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

 The River Ganges. 



SOME have said that the Fountains of the Ganges are 

 uncertain, like those of the Nilus ; and that it overfloweth the 

 neighbouring Countries in the same manner. Others have 

 said that it issueth out of the Mountains ofScythia. There 

 run into it nineteen Rivers : of which, besides those before- 

 named, there are navigable, Canucha, Varna, Erranoboa, 

 Cosaogus, and Sonus. Some report that the Ganges pre- 

 sently breaketh out to a great Magnitude from its own 

 Sources with great Violence, falling down over steep and 

 craggy Rocks : and when it is arrived in the flat arid even 

 Country, that it taketh Shelter in a certain Lake ; and out of 

 it carrieth a gentle Stream, 8 Miles broad where it is nar- 

 rowest : and 100 Stadia over for the most part, but 160 

 where it largest : but in no Place under 20 Paces deep. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



The Nations of India. 



THE first Nation is that of the Gandaridae; the Region of 

 the Calingae is called Parthalis. The King hath in readiness 

 for his Wars 80,000 foot, 1000 Horsemen, and 700 Ele- 

 phants. The other Nations of the Indians are of different 

 Conditions and milder Habits. Some apply themselves to 

 Tillage : others are devoted to War : one Sort export their 



several separate people are so denominated. They are probably the same 

 as those mentioned in the 19th chapter, as being always prepared for a 

 yoluntary death. Wern. Club. 



