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tributary of the Ganges. The map follows the legend and makes the 
Saraswati flow into the Ganges near Helobass (Ilahbas, the old name 
of Ilahabad). # De Laet increases the confusion by calling the Sersily 
( Perselis.’ But the passage need no longer exercise commentators. Blaev’s 
map clearly shows how erroneously the early geographers arranged the 
provinces. 
33. Patna, “ the chief city so called ; the Biver Ganges bounds it on 
the west; Sersily on the east; it is a very fertile Province.” 
34. Jesual, “ the chief city is called Raiapore ; it lieth east of Patna.” 
Van den Broucke puts Jesual east of Morang; and Blaev’s map marks it 
as a country for elephants. It seems, therefore, that Raipur in the Central 
Provinces is meant, the elephant country par excellence, though the 
name ‘Jesual’ is not clear to me. 
35. Mevat, “ the chief city is called Narnol ; it is very mountainous.” 
This is Mewat, south-west of Dilili, with Narnol. I am at a loss to 
understand how Mewat could have been placed so far away from Dihli; but 
Blaev’s map shows why Terry and De Laet mention it here. The error was 
not even detected by Van den Broucke, who places ’T Ryk van Mewat east 
of the Brahmaputra, south of ‘ Cos Assam.’f 
36. Udessa, “ the chief city called Jelcanat ; it is the most remote part 
east of this empire.” De Laet says: It is the furthest province of this 
empire to the eastward, is adjacent to the Maug kingdom, whose inhabitants 
are most ferocious barbarians.” DeBarros and Blaev have avoided this 
mistake; Van den Broucke, however, places’T Ryk van Udesse north of 
Bollua (Bhaluah), between Tiparah and the Brahmaputra. But Orisa and 
Jagannat’h are meant. The spelling Udessa is clearly a transliteration 
0 f 3jt, U'desa, and DeLaet has overlooked the identity of ‘ Orisa’ 
and ‘ Udessa.’ 
37. Bengala. 
It would take me too far from my subject, were I to enter on the 
identification of the places in western India on Blaev’s map. I hope to do 
so at a future period, or would rather leave the task to Mr. E. Lethbridge, 
who has lately published valuable extracts from De Laet’s work in the 
Calcutta Review. 
* According to tlie legend, the Saraswati, which is lost in the sand east of 
Bhatinda District, joins the Ganges below the ground at Ilahabad. Hence at Tribenx 
and other places in Bengal, wherever two lfivers leave the Ganges, we find the names 
Saraswati and Jamuna repeated. 
f The London edition of 1655 has ‘ Jesuat.’ De Laet has “ Jesual, whose 
metropolis is Baiapore or Bagapore, lies to the east of Patna, and north-west of 
Bengala.” 
X Asam is often called Koch Asam. 
