400' On Egypt and the Nile 



Osiris Jefcended to the fhades and reftored the prince to life; in which fa= 

 He fQsiRis appears to be Crishna, the black divinity: Garmatho, or Gar~ 

 Jathc'.; was the name of a hilly diflricl: bordering on the land of the Troglo- 

 dytes, or Sane hdfuras - 3 and Ethiopia was in former ages called Egypt. .The 

 flood in -that country is mentioned, by CEj>RENus,and faid to have happened 

 fifty years, after Cec.rojps, -the firft king of Athens, had begun his reigns 

 Ahyjjinia was laid wafle by a flood, according to the Chronicle of Axum, 

 about 1600 years before, the birth of.. Christ (a); and Cecrops, we are 

 told, began to reign 1657 years before that epoch j but it muft be confefTed, 

 that the chronology of ancient Qreece is extremely uncertain. 



,JCL .ItIaving before alluded to the legends of Gupta and Card ama, we 



mail here fet them down more at large, as they are told in the Pur anas, entitled 



Mrahmdnda and Scanda, the fecond of which contains very valuable matter 



concerning -Egypt and other countries in the. weft. Su'rya having directed 



..both Gods and men to perform facred rites in honour of Vishnu, for the 



.purpofe of counteracting the baneful influence of Sa.ni, they all followed his 



.diredio.B.s, except Ma'hade'va, who thought fuch homage inconfiftent 



>yith his exalted character.; yet he found it neceflary to lie for a time, concealed 



r #ad retired to Barbara in Sane 'ha-div/p, where he remained feven years hidden 



in ,the -mud, which covered the banks of the Call; henqe he acquired the,, title 



of Gupte'swara. The whole world felt the lofs of his vivifying power, 



which would long have been fufpended, if Mandapa, the fon of Cush- 



#a«ba, had* npt, fled., ..to- ayoid the <punifhment of his vices and crimes, into 



,Qufia-rd%i}ip' t where he became a fincere penitent, and wholly devoted himfelf 



ifiUte wqrfhlp of Ma,ha'pe'va, conftantly finging his praiie and dancing in 



(a) Brucs's Travels I. 398, 



