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from the northern mountains towards the south. This precipitates the 
awaters of the Ganges, against its right bank, towards the south, and makes 
them strike with viclence against the Pdadanta or: Pédantica, the foot’s 
end of the mountains to the south, and which begins at Chwitdr, and 
ends at Rdj-mahl. 'The soil of the country to ‘the south of the Ganges 
consists entirely of native earth, stiff, of a reddish colour, and strongly 
fortified with huge rocks, and stenes of various sizes. The soil of the 
country ‘to the north, as far as the mountains, is. entirely alluvial, with 
large tabular concretions of Cancar or Tophus agquatilis. The depth 
is unknown, as excavations have been made tothe depth of about 108 
feet without coming at the bottom, or to the native earth. In the upper 
-parts of the course of the Ganges, as far down as the pass of Sancri- 
gali, its aberrations and wanderings are confined, within narrow limits, and 
its encroachments and devastations are comparatively trifling. “It is a 
female deity, and in her watery form, is of a most restless disposition, 
seemingly bent on mischief, and often doing much harm. ‘This unrelent- 
ing disposition of hers to encroach, is greatly impeded, and checked 
by the Padanti, or the foot of the mountains with its rocky points pro- 
jecting into the stream such as Chutar, Mudgir, Sultan-gunge, Patier- 
gotta, Pointy, Sancri-gali and Raj-maki. 
Tus word .Pddanti ‘is pronounced Ponty in the spoken dialects, and 
48 spelt Paentee by Dr. Hunter, in his Dictionary. But by Pointy we 
es : 
generally understand now, that rocky point, which is near Patter-gotta. 
