SACRED ISLES IN THE WEST, &C. 36l 



Carddames'wara, the eldest son of Adam. This 

 place they suppose to be in the vast Mediterranean 

 island, in the Paltze lake in Tibet, a very proper 

 place for him, and also to the Eastward of Eden. 



But let us pass to the mountains, rallies, and 

 champain countries to the West o^ Mem. It is 

 said, in the Brahma-purana, that in Bhadrasva, 

 or Chum, Vishnu resides with the countenance 

 and head of a Horse. In Bhardta, he has the 

 countenance of a Tortoii^e : in Cetu-mala, or Europe^ 

 he resides in the shape of a Vara/ui^ or Boar, and 

 he is described as the chief of a numerous oltsprino-, 

 or followers in that shape. He is then in Cetii- 

 onala Varahapa, or the chief of the Vardhas, or 

 Boars ; a word to be pronouncerl accordinj^ to the 

 idiom of the spoken dialects, JVdrcipd. In Cuni 

 he has the countenance of a Matsya, or fish : and, 

 of course, he is there Sira-matsifa, or with tlie head 

 or countenance of a lish. He is probably the 

 Chrado of the Goths, who was represented stand- 

 ing upon a fish in the waters, lor the extensive 

 country of Cum is declared to be South of the 

 Northern Ocean, and North of Meru, in the Eu~ 

 ran'as, and particularly in the beginning of the 

 Brahma-purana. It begins immediately at the 

 foot of the Northernmost range of Hills, a little 

 beyond fifty-two degrees of latitude North, and 

 extends from sea to 6ca. 



TIL In the Vdyu-purdn'a, the countries to the 

 West of Meru are thus described; and the au- 

 thor begins with the vallies, and champain coun- 

 tries. 



There are many vallies and flat grounds to the 

 West of Meru, divided by numerous ranges of 

 hills. About the mountains of Su-bacsha, the Be- 

 cuis of Ptolemy, and ' Sic hl-s aila is a level coun- 



