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was m correspondence with him, says positively, that he did not. (D'au. 

 tant qu' ii n'a pas ete lui-meme a la source du Gange, que presente 

 sa carte.*) It appears likewise, from Tieffenthaller's own statement, 

 that the route above Haridwdr was not surveyed with a compass. He 

 says so in expres.s words, regarding the road from Haridwdr Jo Deva- 

 praydg, of which he gives the .estimated bearings,t (very erroneously, 

 however, as will be hereafter shown;) and he states no bearings for the 

 remainder of the way to Srinagar, Bhadrindt'h, and Mdndy which, from 

 the general corre6tness of his i^formation respecting names of places on 

 this route, he might be supposed to have aftually travelled. The route 

 which he gives from Srinagar to the cow's mouth, contains few names 

 of places, and no indication of his having travelled it: and towards the 

 close, he expressly refers to thp information of others ; which he would 

 not have done, if he had personally visited the spot, as supposed by- 

 Major Rennell. His words, in Bernoulli's translation,]; are these " L'on 

 " se trouve enfin aupres du rocher auquel V opinion trompeuse des Indous 

 " attribue la forme d' une tete de vache. Selon le rapport de personnel 

 '' jiidicieuses, ce rocher est partage en deux parties ; de la fente qu'elles 

 " forment, sort un, filet d'eau (instar stiilicidii erurapit aqua) tombant de 

 " la hauteur de 3 aunes, dans une fosse qui est audessous, C'est de cette 

 " fosse que les gens puisent dans des flacons de verre, 1' eau qu'ils trans- 

 " portent daos les pays les plus eloignes. On ne pent aller au de la de 

 " ce rocher, que V on pourroit nommer la Cataracte du Gange, et 

 " il n'est pas possible de remonter jusqu' a la source de ce fleuve. De 

 " terns a autre il arrive bien que <iuelquesuns, courant a une perte cer? 



* Bernoulli; 2. 276. 

 t BemouUi 1. 148. 

 X JBernouIIi 1. p. 150, 



