482 ON MOUNT CAUCASUS. 



Nau-Lacay or Nuh-Laca, which in the language of that 

 country, implies the place of Nuh or Noah : at leaft 

 there are many places in that country, the names of 

 "which end in Laca or Laki, fuch as Ebau-lac, Gauzcz- 

 lac, &c. 



Clofe to Aytidhya or Oudey on the banks of the Gagra, 

 they fhew the tomb of Noah and thofe of Ayuh, and 

 Shis or Sish (Job and Seth). According to the ac- 

 count of the venerable Derveijhy who watches over the 

 tomb of Nuh, it was built by Alexan der the Great, or 

 SecukderRumi. I fent lately a learned ///Wm, to make 

 enquiries about this holy place : from the Mufubnans, he 

 could obtain no further light: but the Brahmens inform- 

 ed him that where Nun's tomb ftands now, there was 

 formerly a place of worfliip dedicated to Gani;Sa, and 

 clofe to it are the remains of a Bowlj, or walled well, 

 which is called in the Puranas Gana-put ciinda. The 

 tombs of Job and Shis are near to each other; and 

 about one bow fhot and a half from Nuh's tomb ; be- 

 tween them are two fmall hillocks, called Sorna-giri^ or 

 the mountains of the moon. According to them thefe 

 tombs are not above four hundred years old ; and owe 

 their origin to three men, called Nuh, Ayub, and Shis, 

 who fell there, fighting againfl the Hindus; thefe were of 

 courfe confidered us Shchids or martyrs : but the priefts, 

 who officiate there, in order toencreafe the veneration 

 of the fuperititious and unthinking crowd, gave out that 

 thefe tombs were really thofe of Noah, Job, and Seth 

 of old. The tomb of Nuh is not noticed in the Ayeen- 

 Akberyt only thofe of Ayub and Shis. 



Mach'ho'dara-Na't'ha is not unknown in China ; 

 at leaft there is an idol near Fechin (Fekin), which is 

 fuppofed by pilgrims from India and Tibet, to reprefent 

 Mach'ho'jjara or il^^;/r(?-BuRGHA'N. This account 

 I received from a famous traveller called Arce'swaka, 

 who was introduced to my acquaintance by Mr. DuN-r 



3 CAI/ 



