Grocrapay or Inpra. 437 
Dr. Bucuanan.* Onrenius in his map of Asia in 1580, calls this lake 
cayamay, with two dots on the letter Y, and with the cedilla, or dash 
under the letter C, and to be pronounced Sayamay, as it is-writen by Dr. : 
Bucuanan; but in his map of India, he spells it Chyainat, which sounds 
exactly like Chyamay in English. He mentions also the country of 
Camotay, the towns of Chirote and Caor. | : 
Four rivers aré’ ‘Stipposed io’ spring from this Take, but ae the 
Brahmd-putra, the others’ must issue from it, through subterraneous chan- 
nels. The Paurdiics delight in such mystical communications, and they 
are really very numerous in India. But this sort’ of ‘patadise, with four 
rivets issuing from it, is obviously taken from our sacred books. With the 
Jews we have one, the: Hindis another: the ‘people of Tibet have one of 
their own, and the nations beyond the Brahmé-putra claim ay ptoperly 
a 
me same priviledge. 
Tue Brahma or Brahmé river, aviother name for the Brahmd-putra, { is 
called Céya, one of the names of BRaumc, hence the river of Avé; sup- 
posed to spring from the above lake, «is called Cary-priino, or the Burmdn 
Brahnd-putra; for the Burman country, is also called Pummay according 
to Dr. Bucwanan, and Puma-hang by the four Chinese merchants, menti- 
oned by Du Hatpr. The twoheads of the Doanas; and those of the two 
next rivers the Dorias; and the Serus or river of Ava in PToLEMY’s 
maps, do net correspond with the mouths, he has assigned to them on the 
sea shore. "This mistake originates from the imperfect notions which he 
* Asiatick Researches, Vol. 6. p. 226, 
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