396 ION PE “ANCEINT: - 
close to’ Thaneser, loses itself in the great sandy @esart, and re-appears at 
Praydg, humbly oozing from under one of the ‘towers of the fort) as if : 
ashamed of herself. indeed she may blush’ at’ her’ own imprudence: ‘for 
she is the goddess of learning and knowledge;‘and was then coming down 
the country with a book in her hand, when she entered thé sandy desart, 
and unexpectedly was assailed by numerous demons, with frightfal coun- 
tenances, making a dreadful noise. Ashamed of her own want of fore- 
sight she sank into the ground, and re-appeared at Praydga or Allahabad, 
for as justly observed, learning-alone is insufficient. 
Turse three rivers flow then together, as far as the southern Trivent 
in Bengal, forming the Triveré, or the three plaited locks: for their waters 
do not mix, but keep distinct all the way. The waters of the Yamuna 
are blue, those of the Sarasvat¢ white, and the Ganges is of a muddy 
yellowish colour. These appearances are owing partly to the nature of 
the soil ‘below, arid dbove to the reflexion of light from the clouds. 
Tre Tamasd, or dark river, from its, being skirted, at least formerly, 
with gloomy forests, i is called Tonsa or Tenso i in the spoken dialects, pus 
by Protemy Touso or *Tousoa. 
~ Tris not to be confounded with the Sona; for the Touso, according, to 
him falls into the Ganges, above Cindia now Canti or Mirzapur. It is 
occasionally called Pariaga, as in the Viyu and* Matsya-purdnias; and 
* Section of the earth, 
