SACRED ISLES IN THE WEST, &C. 



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iiomers remains under the North pole. The zones 

 between Jambii or India, and the Meru of the astro- 

 nomers, are obviously our seven climates ; and the 

 points where the astronomical zones intersect the 

 zones of the Paurmics round their respective cen- 

 tres equally called Meru, shew the true situation 

 of the dw'ipas or countries, fi'om which these zones, 

 according to the system either of the astronomers 

 or of the Paunhrks, are equally denominated, 

 ■whether they are reckoned relatively to the North 

 pole, or to a centrical point in the elevated plains 

 of Tartary. 



No. VI, is a delineation of the country of Pha- 

 rata, in the fullest acceptation of that denomina- 

 tion. Its nine divisions with Curu^ or Siberia, 

 and the Northern parts of Europe, making in all 

 ten districts, were all destroyed by a violent storm, 

 and inundation, except one. Thus the ten divi- 

 sions of the Atlantis were all destroyed by a flood, 

 except one, called Gades, which probably included 

 Spain. 



Some also are of opinion, that, out of the seven 

 dxvipas, six were likewise overwhelmed by a tlood. 

 This circumstance is also noticed in the third vo- 

 lume of the Jyin-Acbtri. But I beheve that this 

 notion originated with the Pur micas, who, unable 

 to point out these wonderful countries, described 

 in so extravao-ant a manner in their sacred books, 

 found that the best way was to swear, that they 

 had disappeared. 



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