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to Caucdfu 



ON MOUNT CAUCASUS. 



Country of Jejhrdm 



Siiin - _ - 



Croffed the Hard-Morcn and enter- 

 ed the country of Urdufu, which 

 he defcribes as flat and abound- 

 ing \vkh lakes and marfhes, 



Crofled again the Hara-Moreriy and 

 entered the country of Urdty 



Then turning to the north-weft, he 

 entered the country of a famous 

 Kalka chief, called Bha'ga'-gu. 

 Thence into the country of the 

 Tolen-cdfu-Kalkas ; thus called 

 from the river on the banks, of 

 which they live, 



Cocofay cuftom- 

 houfe. 



Sinin. 



Urtous. 

 Uraf. 



Tola-pira or ri- 

 ver Told. 



He went afterwards to pay his adorations to the Ta'- 

 ra'na'th, the place of whofe refidence is marked in 

 the maps between the rivers Selinghei and Orgun. This 

 living FoH is well known in the northern parts o? India, 

 under the name of Ta'ra'na'th, and is mentioned in 

 Bell's travels. 



In three months he went into the country of Chitcdr- 

 Naymdnn-cdfuj in the maps Teitcicdr and Nayrjiann, 

 Thence to Tdld~Nor, the Taal-Nor of the maps. He 

 then entered C/:'/W, through the breach made in the great 

 wall, for the conveyance of the remains of the emperors 

 to their place of burial, which he fays is called Ekloor by 

 the Tartars, and SecJjin by the Chinefe : thence to Pekin 

 called by the Chinefe Pechin. He returned from his ex- 

 pedition about three years ago, and fhewed to Mr. Dun- 

 can and to me the numerous Rabddres or pafTports he 

 obtained from the various chiefs and Lamas he had vifit- 

 ed. They are written in the chara6lers of the countries 

 he went through, namely of Tibett the Mungul Tartars, 



and 



