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bably from some place called Derowly: the Condali now the Gonds 
(as Bengala, from Banga) were part of the Phyllite. This shews 
that these bear hunters were spread over a.most extensive region. 
_As'these extensive forests abound with snakes, the country. is called in 
Sanscrit, Ahi-cshétra, or snake country, and Ahi-ch’hatra, from the snakes 
spreading there, their umbrellas or hoods... In the spoken dialects, they 
say Atc-het and Aic-shet. ‘The country and mountains of Aic-shet are well 
known all over the peninsula, according to Br, F., Bucnanan in_ his 
account of Mysore. Pro.emy gives to the mountains of south Bahar and 
in the western parts of Bengal, the name of Uxentus obviously from 
Aic-shet. Inthe southern parts, or in Burrd-nagpur, and adjacent coun- 
tries, he calls them Adisathrus from Ahich’hatra. The country. about 
the Vindhyan hills, from Rdjamehal to Chunar, is divided into Antara-girt, | 
or within the hills; and Bahira-giri, or without the hills, and this ast is 
applied to the country to the south of Patna along the Ganges. 
Now let us pass to the rivers, and I shall describe first, those on the 
right of the Ganges, then the rivers on the left of it; and I shall conclude 
this section with an account of the Ganges itself. ‘This I believe is the 
best way, as it will obviate many repetitions, 
_ Var first river of note below Hurdwar, and on the right side of the 
Ganges, is the Calind? or Calini, for both are used indifferently by the 
natives, and which falls into the Ganges near Canoge. She is considered 
as the younger sister of the Yamuna: hence it is called the lesser Yamuné 
