yet she is a female deity, at the time of the conjiin^lion, and considered 

 as such for astrological, and chymical purposes, as Ihavebeen informedv 

 and it is believed by all orthodox Hindus , that those, who have faithfully 

 performed certain religious duties, at certain times of the moon's period, 

 will, with the followers of Vishnu, be born again in ^Swctam» there to 

 receive the full reward due to their attachment, 



Locure' is then the name of this paradise of the, moon., called, in 

 Sanscrit, Chandra-man dal am ^ and positively asserted to be in ^Swe-^ 

 tarn, or the White 'Island; and even to be '5'w^V^w^ itself; TPhe abori- 

 gines of 'Smetam have preserved to this day, that ancient name in 

 Lloegyr, Laegria, and Logres as it is called in old French romances. 

 According to some Purdn'as, the appellation of Chandra-^dwipa, whicfl 

 carries along with it the idea of amber, of which the moon is made» 

 was not confined to England, but extended over a considerable part 

 of , Europe, As, for instance, when we read in the R^z;^', sind Cumdncd^ 

 c'han'dhas^ .that^ the whole zone, extending from the shores of the east- 

 ern, to those of the western, ocean j describing an arch round the south- 

 ern, parts of Mem, is 'divided into nine equal parts, one of which is 

 declared to be the country of the moon, at the western extremity ; Jt im-. 

 plies that this country of the moon, and of amber, was not limited to Bri^. 

 tain, but extended over the adjacent parts of the continent ; and we find 

 In ancient history, that Lloegyr or Liguria, included France, part of Italy 

 and of »Si/)(3//?, and most probably a large portion of Germany, The name 

 of Lyguria, as belonging to Britain, or at least to a part of it, was for« 

 merly used In that sense; for Kimilco says positively, that the inhabi- 

 tants of Britain, and from the context it appears that they were aborigines, 

 were Lygurmts, Their country was of ' course called Lloegyr or Lygiiria. 



