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G A N G E T I C HINDOOSTAN.
Latac.
QuABAUPEDS
cf Imaus.
Desbrt of
Gobi.
tion does exaclly correfpond with the truth. He defcribes its
furious courfe from its fountains, and the noife it makes at its
catara&s, its Gangoutras, and its placid paffage along the plains
after it has efcaped from its confinement. * Alii (dicunt) cum
* magno fragore ipfius ftatim fontis erumpere, dejeitumque
« per fcopulofa et abrupta, ubi primum molles planities con-
«tingat, nbi lenem fluere, &c. See *-,'
Certain later Communications from the ingenious Mr. Da-
niel/, occafion fome deviations in defeription of its firft courfes
from the tvvo heads: that from the more northern runs almoft
due well above two hundred miles as far as Latac, a fortrefs in
little Tbibet, placed on the fummit of a lofty mountain, the re-
fidence of its Rajab; his territories border on Caßmer, and are
about thirty or forty leagues broad, but produce little except
mufk, cryftal, and wool, backed with a ränge of mountains
cloathed with fnow, inhabited by mufks, Hiß. %uad. i. N° 124,
and other quadrupeds of fnowy regions, fuch as the Argali, of
Wild Sheep, p. 44. H. The Ibex,—N° 15 ; the Caucafan Goat,—
N° 16; the Cbamois,—N° 20; and the Bear,—N° 208; and pof-
fibly many other hardy animaJs which can bear the cold of
thefe exalted regions. I find the fame among the more fouth-
ern chains of Imaus; and alfo the fineft falcons, highly valued
on the warm plains of Bengal, the feat of the gay antelopes, and
other objedls of game of thefe noble and generous birds.
An immenfe defert, little known, originates immediately to
the north of the fountains of the Ganges; I may fay to that of
* Lib. vi. c. xviii.
the
»
G A N G E T I C HINDOOSTAN.
Latac.
QuABAUPEDS
cf Imaus.
Desbrt of
Gobi.
tion does exaclly correfpond with the truth. He defcribes its
furious courfe from its fountains, and the noife it makes at its
catara&s, its Gangoutras, and its placid paffage along the plains
after it has efcaped from its confinement. * Alii (dicunt) cum
* magno fragore ipfius ftatim fontis erumpere, dejeitumque
« per fcopulofa et abrupta, ubi primum molles planities con-
«tingat, nbi lenem fluere, &c. See *-,'
Certain later Communications from the ingenious Mr. Da-
niel/, occafion fome deviations in defeription of its firft courfes
from the tvvo heads: that from the more northern runs almoft
due well above two hundred miles as far as Latac, a fortrefs in
little Tbibet, placed on the fummit of a lofty mountain, the re-
fidence of its Rajab; his territories border on Caßmer, and are
about thirty or forty leagues broad, but produce little except
mufk, cryftal, and wool, backed with a ränge of mountains
cloathed with fnow, inhabited by mufks, Hiß. %uad. i. N° 124,
and other quadrupeds of fnowy regions, fuch as the Argali, of
Wild Sheep, p. 44. H. The Ibex,—N° 15 ; the Caucafan Goat,—
N° 16; the Cbamois,—N° 20; and the Bear,—N° 208; and pof-
fibly many other hardy animaJs which can bear the cold of
thefe exalted regions. I find the fame among the more fouth-
ern chains of Imaus; and alfo the fineft falcons, highly valued
on the warm plains of Bengal, the feat of the gay antelopes, and
other objedls of game of thefe noble and generous birds.
An immenfe defert, little known, originates immediately to
the north of the fountains of the Ganges; I may fay to that of
* Lib. vi. c. xviii.
the
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