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i66 GANGETIC HINDOOSTAN.
Streicht* o» ftream. The gorge into the mountain is called the ftreights of
Kupeli. The Woody tyrant, Tamerlane, in his invafion of India
in 1399, could boaft of penetrating farther than any invader
ever did before. Here he found great numbers of Hindoos,
probably retired to this facred place; they difperfed at his ap-
proach, fled into the woods, were purfned and maflacred
without mercy, according to the cruel fpirit of Mabometifm,
ever exerted againft thofe who difFered from them in reli-
gious matters.
Cow'sMootm. The hiftorian of Tamer/ane mentions a place, fifteen miles
above thefe ftreights, diftinguifhed by the fculpture of a cow,
the animal fo highly venerated by the Hindoos, and to which
they refort even to this day in great nnmbers. The barbarian
found great crowds of thefe innocent people when he was
there : he attacked them, but met with a feeble refiftance, fö
that multitudes feil vi<5tims to his cruelty.
The upper Gangoutra was once fuppofed to have been the
famous cavern called the Cow's Moutb, but the opinion is now
laid afide: this was like the rock near which Tamerlane commit-
ted one of his maflacres, and was likewlfe their great refort. A
cavern of this name, and Hill greatly frequented, certainly exifts.
It was vifited by Father Tiefentaller, yet by the medium of Mr.
Rennel, through the Channel of Mr. Daniell, we learn no more
than that it may lie in a north or north-by-weft direcüon from
jHurdwar.
Into the Ganges flow multitudes of great rivers from each fide,
which give a matchlefs inland navigation. It reeeives in its
courfe through the plains eleven rivers, fome of which are equal
in fize to the Rbine, and none leffer than the Tbames: it maintains
thirty
Streicht* o» ftream. The gorge into the mountain is called the ftreights of
Kupeli. The Woody tyrant, Tamerlane, in his invafion of India
in 1399, could boaft of penetrating farther than any invader
ever did before. Here he found great numbers of Hindoos,
probably retired to this facred place; they difperfed at his ap-
proach, fled into the woods, were purfned and maflacred
without mercy, according to the cruel fpirit of Mabometifm,
ever exerted againft thofe who difFered from them in reli-
gious matters.
Cow'sMootm. The hiftorian of Tamer/ane mentions a place, fifteen miles
above thefe ftreights, diftinguifhed by the fculpture of a cow,
the animal fo highly venerated by the Hindoos, and to which
they refort even to this day in great nnmbers. The barbarian
found great crowds of thefe innocent people when he was
there : he attacked them, but met with a feeble refiftance, fö
that multitudes feil vi<5tims to his cruelty.
The upper Gangoutra was once fuppofed to have been the
famous cavern called the Cow's Moutb, but the opinion is now
laid afide: this was like the rock near which Tamerlane commit-
ted one of his maflacres, and was likewlfe their great refort. A
cavern of this name, and Hill greatly frequented, certainly exifts.
It was vifited by Father Tiefentaller, yet by the medium of Mr.
Rennel, through the Channel of Mr. Daniell, we learn no more
than that it may lie in a north or north-by-weft direcüon from
jHurdwar.
Into the Ganges flow multitudes of great rivers from each fide,
which give a matchlefs inland navigation. It reeeives in its
courfe through the plains eleven rivers, fome of which are equal
in fize to the Rbine, and none leffer than the Tbames: it maintains
thirty