sached isles in the west, loi 



course implies nothing. He went with Arjuna, through this gap, and 

 entered the country of Tamdmayi-mahd-bhumiy or the land of darkness. 

 There he found Vishnu sitting in the midst of waters, and the children 

 of his Guru under his throne. 



In the i8th Psalm we read, that the Supreme Being made darkness his 

 secret place, his pavilion round about him, with dark water, and thick 

 clouds to cover him. 



In J^orth' America, in J^ew-England, I believe, is the cave of the 

 great Spirit, whose abode is in the lake Huron, in the island of the 

 great Spirit, or Manitoalin, according to the Indians. There is another 

 cave of the great Spirit near the Missisippi, below St. Antonio's Fails , 

 and near the Ohio, on the heights called the Big-bone-licks, is also the 

 impression of a divine foot, as well as at many places on the old con- 

 tinent. In the Padma-purdna, se<51;ion of Pdtdla, or theinfernal regions, 

 SuTA is introduced relating the most wonderful exploits, and mighty 

 deeds of Ra°ma-chandra, who came originally from the fFhite Island, as 

 we have seen before, and like St.^Brandan long after, wished to visit the 

 more western regions. Both at first were much at a loss, how to effe61: 

 this; but with patience, courage and perseverance they succeeded. St, 

 Brandan went by sea, and was six months in this journey, in which he 

 saw the land of the departed, called Imd. Ra'ma-chandra, having the 

 advantage of a self moving car, performed it in a very fev/ days, in com- 

 pany with Maha'-deVa. The day being fixed for their departure, Ra'ma- 

 ciiandra waited anxiously for Siva, who was dallying in a most char- 

 ming grove, and had entirely forgot him. Ra'ma-chandra resolved 

 to set off without him, and, as he was going to ascend his self mov- 

 ing veliicle, he saw a holy penitent, a Rishi, carrying away a woman, 



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