tîàn Alps, covered'with perpetual fnow. Hence they are . called Him»
mala,' from:à;word denoting fnôw ; and are celebrated-ih th'eLConfliéfa
of the’gods’, andothermythologic'fables.' This name ofHimmàlamay
perhaps be the fource b f the Imaus-oftthe ancients. Ptolemy mot only
defèrihes an dm au s as running north and foutlr, or the Belur Tag of the
Ruffians and Tatars, with its ridges' to the weft, now called Argun,
Ak Tasù, &c., I but another.Imâhs paffing E. and W:. of Hi ndoftan.
juftly extending the Caucasian chain t o \t h e - fo u t h e 'Gaf-
pianjr he has given it feveral local'éppellàtïôns| ;^ JCiOr6iEi^'Sariptths^
&c. His Paropaffiifus, on the north: arid weft5 of tbéî province fo called,
is to’ the fouth of Balk or Baâxiâna, terminating in-the^ÇÉ5 iîïifhoeî&ndy,
deleft called that of Mafgiana. The higheftTuih®fè%f "®f:d®ins‘he
mentions as thole that " g^ve fource to
deed to form onè chain with his Imatrs from the adrtbpwfiifch-he; has
Kefe transferred from îbngitüde i’aÿ0 to i4§V an’ error fofffifteeh
decrees, evfenfuppoftrighis general longitude juft.. His EmoïhiS hrid
Ottorocoras, ridges to the fouth of his Scythia beyond the"‘ItriausA,' are
the "Mus Tag of Ruffian geography ‘tb thefbuth of !Little Bricharii, ;atid
muff riot be confounded with the Kantel, the northern ‘bouridaryfof
Calhriiir arid Tibet. : But the laft mbufttaînbusT.régÏÊr6jheio^1Klh®fâ
explored in ancient than in iriodern titries, ’hâs totâlly efcapèd fhë^kriow-
ledge and geography of Ptoleriiy ; who having’ lhrisfioft • a fpace?’ of
about ten 'degrees in breadth,' or " 7.0b'miles,; it becoiriés 'doub'tful wher
therhis I mans proceeded oh the north of Tibet or of. Hiridoftan. On
t.he eaft fide of thç .panges he ,delip.e?tte8 the ridges which pafs from
north tp iotfth, in' the Birman empire, the boundary .of ancient .difeo-
very: but as in Europe he was a ftranger to the: central parts of Ger-
many, aud in Hindoftan to thofe of the Deccan, fo by his obliteration
of Tibet, great confufion arifes in:hiss geography of northern Hindoftan
; nor has D’Anville, who/places the Brahmani in .Tibet,; been fuf-
ficiently aware of the difficulty. This, difeuffion of a curious and peg-
le&ed part of Hindoo geography muft be difmifled with the remark,
that the Emodus of Ptolemy, being by him aferibed to.Series, muft be
xonfidered as t^te fouthem ridge of Little Bucharia ; while his Imàus,
which
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which he fuppofes-a continuation of the chain aboVèraentiohéd, muft. Movht.uk
b& <lé& thtó-lfeven hundred?miffed to the ftbuths‘ where it'
fdriiïs the fauthefri;r 1 3 <bf the Tibétian-AHps. ’t feis*his map
bf'èaftefn Alia migbtf^he'eiif ^ füh’der'at' h i ° tó’f N. latitli^f^as'ïar' W.
a8 the®0iirces-bf the In’cth^p the 'upper parfbeiri'g Litkle Buchana, wKöfé
fërith'ern frontier^ nva-y i‘extën?è ts^'j^^^wMFè ‘'th&KriftdteKpmt muft be
transferred to the 'fóuth, - where öèr' 2 Ö^Êörfefpl&hd- with’ Ptolemy’s
■’ - !
As-sfehe.northern«Imaus of.'Pfoktöry fe-ctbarly theffBelhr- Tagi'ftb'hisf
fouthern ’ Imaus may bè »fafely regarded''ass |fte Himrtfala'oft-hsri Hindoos
; which' may be ‘admitted 'to-.-have bee&d&nöwÉ 'to-the'aliments,
Who were nb ftranger’s iotthe-riehiOa&‘g8t{fe'fcgS#*sU3ffHindoftan. 'ïNbr
ItöF^riSö^- the Himmaih-as'Hi S.’K/prOloigSfioh. of tbc’
northern Inlausi 'iThe r’^ fe ’ set the baft *0f Isftïié Bfepyfus of* \
Sèpyrus of PtolemyV'hfe MriahdfnsBHrig^ fhë'ridgè whithBiwfes ;Ara-
can from Ava: his' Damafus that near the fiver Of ’Mkriabari j and his •
SitólfethiÉitë,' 'feemingiy riörittëfted With'5 TMntri, ffié£^è^Siri1 f# the
eiffi i f T ariafèrimjS this' ’ laft *fMge ftfbiftg- the ^'titiritfflf ilMifc'Of anciénT
knowlragd'm thé S'. E.," as Little' Bucharia waSTiri t'he'iNIv E'.l A
' Tcr rétUrtt fél k mdiëf^é|akï cbhfiderSfloiy^me prefent tópid^ if mkift Modem
-bë obfèrved that there is no ffhall Icdfiiftlëri,- eVènnïi-the -rribfttfdcent* Name's'
dÉfce&tio®^'oïlthe, India®
exaift denomihatioris: The ièaftëfn ri:dg&,iicallêd'hy Ptöl dmy jSepytüs, ■
might in modern tirries bfe called Tipertf. “Thofe >oh 'the fouth of.'Afam 3
might be ftyled the 'Gitiro mountains,' being inhabited a'nubpje fo
called. The ridges to trie fouth of Nipal arid Bootam. are far inferior .in
height-to'the Himmaia,-'or-'ffiowjf ridgepfriouelm rwé ,THUach ;ddpetid!on
the Tibetian names given'by Du Halde. * ■ An étjüab dëféifti-att-eh'ds ihe
mountains &om‘Sirinagur
Rerinfll’s name of Himmala. i ip&lddget of Kptïurefia properly ontlhe
north of that province,; running eaft- and tveft:. and is« followed by the
PJindoo Roh of prientai geographers.
* Ifhe .mountains teiffië/wèft: .of fthe'Indri%>ps on
foem to be the Bedris and Parvetius of Ptolemy; but thèmodern namest
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