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 03 river flowing between : for one part of it abounds with wild beasts and elephants much larger than India breeds, and man cleums the other part. Fragm. XIX. Antigon. Caryst. 647. Of Marme Trees. Megasthen^s, the author of the IndiJca, men- tions that trees grow in the Indian Sea. Fragm. XX. Arr. Ind. 4. 2-13. Of the In&us and the Oanges.X See translation of Arrian, Fragm. XX.B. PUny. Hist. Nat. VI. 21. 9—22. 1. The Prinas§ and the Gain as (a tributary of the Ganges) are both navigable rivers. The tribes which dwell by the Ganges are the C a 1 i n- g 86,11 nearest the sea, and higher up the Mandei, also the Malli, among whom is Mount Mallus, the boundary of all that region being the Ganges. Some have asserted that this river, like the Nile, rises from unknown sources, and in a similar way waters the country it flows through, while others trace its source to the Skythian mountains. Nine- teen rivers are said to flow into it, of which, be- X Conf. Epit. 15-19, and Notes on Arrian, Ind. Ant. vol. V. pp. 331, 332. § V. L. Pumas. II A great and widely difihsed tribe settled mainly be- tween the Mah&nadi and the God&vari. Their capital was Partualis (called by Ptolemy Kalligra), on the Mah&nadi, higher np tluui the site of Katak. The name is S reserved inKoringa, a great port at the month of the iod&var!.