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wanfara, the whole human race is deitroyed, except 

 one Menu, who makes his efcape in a boat with the 

 feven Rtjhis. Hut., according to the prefent table, 

 i wayambhuva went through every Menvsantara and 

 died in the fixth ; Dhruva alio law rive Menwantaras 

 and died on the fixth. ittama, Tamafa, and Raivata^ 

 being brothers, lived during the courfc of Icveral 

 Menivanlaras, and when Uttawa made his efcape in a 

 boat, betides the (e\ci\ Rifhis, he muft have taken with 

 him his two brothers, with Dhruva and Swayambfiuva. 

 Of thefe Menus little more is recorded in the pttrdnas, 

 than that they had a numerous offspring ; that certain 

 Devatas made their appearance ; and that they difcom- 

 fited the giants. The mortal father of Swaroch'ifa is 

 not known. His divine father was jlgn'i ; hence, he 

 is iuppo fed by fome to be the fame with j-lgnidhra. 



During the reign of the fourth Menu, occurred the 

 famous war between the elephants and the crocodiles^ 

 whicli, in the puranas, is aliened to have happened in 

 the fac red i/Ies in the welt. What was the origin of it 

 we are not told ; but whenever the elephants went to a 

 lake, either to drink or to bathe, the crocodiles laying 

 in wait, dragged them into the water and devoured 

 them. The Guj'iadra or Nagnath, the lord of the ele- 

 phants, was once attacked by the chief of the grahas 

 or crocodiles on the bank of a lake, in one of the fac red 

 ijles called Suvamrya ; a dreadful conilicl took place, 

 and the Najfnqth was almoit overpowered, when he 

 called on Hen or rifhnn, who refcued him, and put 

 an end to the war. What could give rife to fuch an 

 extravagant tale I cannot determine, but fome obvi- 

 ous traces of it fill remain in the fa cred ifl 'es in the 

 wefti for almoit every lake in Wales has aftrange llory 

 attached to it, of battles fought there between an ox 

 and a beaver, both of an uncommon fize. At night 

 tht lowing of the ox and the rattling of the chain, with 

 which the Ychajn-ituHmawg or great ox endeavours to 

 pull out of the water the aranc or beaver, are often 



heard. 



