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north; but it is more natural to suppose, that he darted at once into the 
wilds of Trat-pura and Reang. 
Pro.emy has bestowed the name of Mazandrus on this range, but 
which is now unknown. It is probably derived from Mayun, a tribe 
between Chat ganh, and Aréean* according to Dr. Bucwanan. In this 
case Mayunddri signifies the Mayun mountains, and the Peguers are also 
called Moan.+ — 
By a strange fatality, the northern extremity of mount Matandrus in 
Pro.emy’s maps, is brought close to the town of Alosanga, now Ellasing 
on the Lojung river, to the N. W. of D’hdced. This mistake is entirely 
owing to his tables of longitude and latitude, which were originally errone- 
eus, and probably have been made worse and worse by transcribers: but 
this may be easily rectified, by adverting to the interesting particulars, 
which he' mentions concerning mount Maiandrus. In the upper parts 
of it, says he, are’ the Tilaidai, or the inhabitants of the Tiladri or Tila 
mountains mentioned before; these 3 are also called Basadex. In the 
Vamana-purara, section of the earth, the Bhasada tribes are mentioned, 
as living in the easternmost parts of India. Protemy says, that the 
Basades had a short nose as if clipped, and were very hairy, with a broad 
chest, and a broad forehead. They were of a white colour, and I sup- 
pose like that of the Peguers, called by Persian writers, a wheat colour, 
and in Sanserit Capisa. 
* Asiatich Researches, Vol. 6th, p. 228. 
+ Asiatick Rescarches, You, 5th, p. 225. 
