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ON THE ANCIENT 
Ler us now pass to the lower parts of the Ganges, in its course towards 
the sea, through the Antarvéds, or Delta of the Ganges. Protemy reckons 
five mouths, which luckily he describes with tolerable accuracy. 
Tue first mouth is the Cambuson, now the Suvarna-rec’ha, or Pipley 
river, which was considered, as the westernmost mouth of the Ganges, till 
the country was surveyed, under the inspection of Major RENNELL. 
Tue next or second mouth, which is that of the Bhéigirat’id, is called in 
Sanscrit, Vriddhamantes wara-Samudra, literally the swelling lord Oceanus 
alluding to the Bore, which makes its appearence in this branch of the 
river. It begins, at Fulia and reaches sometimes as far as Nadiya. 
Phulla-grém is the Sanscrit name of Fulta and is so called because Samu- 
dra swells with joy, at the sight of his beloved son Tidus; and his heart, 
like a flower, opens and expands, at the sight of him. Vriddhamanta 
_ unplies increase, either in bulk, consequence or wealth, &c. In the spoken 
dialects it is called the Buddmanteswara, and simply the Manteswari 
river. It issaid in the Cshétra-samasa to consist of three channels; one 
leads toward Hijjilt, and was called the old moorish, or western channel 
formerly; for the present western channel, to the eastward of the former, is 
very different. The old moorish channel, 1 believe is no longer used. 
The second goes toward Gangé-ségara, this is the eastern channel; and 
the third in the middle is called Ragi-masana. ‘These channels are 
formed by sand banks, denominated in some places braces, and in others 
reefs, and flats. ‘The Rdgi-masdna is along that sand, corruptly called 
by seafaring people, the mizen-sand, Rédgi signifies lusting after, greedi- 
