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G A N G E T I G HINDOOSTAN. 347
a word which fignifies fnowy, the perpetual character of this
exalted ränge. The Perßans name it Ko Kaf, or the frofty
mountains, in allufion to the fnow its general covering. It
commences behind Cajhmere, and from the Paropamifan is a
wall to the empire of Hindooßan, and extends in different
branches to the eaft nearly parallel to each other, and increaf-
ing in height as they advance northward. In extent north-
caftward they penetrate even into China. Ca/Jjmere, the pa-
radife of India, is like a rieh gern inchafed within three moun-
tains. They have in many parts glacieres like thofe of the
Hehetian Alps. This occafions the Tartars to call thern in one
part Mus tag, or the mountains of ice; thefe bound the north-
ern lide of the defert of Gobi, oppofite to the fouthern end of
great Tbibet.
P/iny, IIb. v. c. 27, makes this and many other branches to P"NY'S Ac-
y \ " COUNT OF.
originate from the Riphoeijuga, and branch both to the eaft and
to the weil. He gives the" names of numbers, but moft of them
feem now to be loft. The Ripboean hüls are thofe which ex-
tend from Nova Zembla due fouth to Orenberg, not remote
from the Cafpian Sea, and again to the eaft at right angles ; from
their fouthern end begins the Ältaic chain, which runs due
eaft, and is fuppofed to have been part of the Imaus ränge.
Thofe which rife on the weft fide of the Cafpian Sea, are the
Caucafus, the 7aurus} and Nipbates. On the eaftern branch
from the Altaic are the Paropamyfus, the Indian Caucafus, Emo-
dus, and Imaus. The antient Indian name Himmaleh is retain-
.ed, and that of Hindoo Kbo, and towards the eaftern end are the
,chains Cbomlah and Cbouke, the concluding part. In refpect to
Y y 2 Imaus,
a word which fignifies fnowy, the perpetual character of this
exalted ränge. The Perßans name it Ko Kaf, or the frofty
mountains, in allufion to the fnow its general covering. It
commences behind Cajhmere, and from the Paropamifan is a
wall to the empire of Hindooßan, and extends in different
branches to the eaft nearly parallel to each other, and increaf-
ing in height as they advance northward. In extent north-
caftward they penetrate even into China. Ca/Jjmere, the pa-
radife of India, is like a rieh gern inchafed within three moun-
tains. They have in many parts glacieres like thofe of the
Hehetian Alps. This occafions the Tartars to call thern in one
part Mus tag, or the mountains of ice; thefe bound the north-
ern lide of the defert of Gobi, oppofite to the fouthern end of
great Tbibet.
P/iny, IIb. v. c. 27, makes this and many other branches to P"NY'S Ac-
y \ " COUNT OF.
originate from the Riphoeijuga, and branch both to the eaft and
to the weil. He gives the" names of numbers, but moft of them
feem now to be loft. The Ripboean hüls are thofe which ex-
tend from Nova Zembla due fouth to Orenberg, not remote
from the Cafpian Sea, and again to the eaft at right angles ; from
their fouthern end begins the Ältaic chain, which runs due
eaft, and is fuppofed to have been part of the Imaus ränge.
Thofe which rife on the weft fide of the Cafpian Sea, are the
Caucafus, the 7aurus} and Nipbates. On the eaftern branch
from the Altaic are the Paropamyfus, the Indian Caucafus, Emo-
dus, and Imaus. The antient Indian name Himmaleh is retain-
.ed, and that of Hindoo Kbo, and towards the eaftern end are the
,chains Cbomlah and Cbouke, the concluding part. In refpect to
Y y 2 Imaus,