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2 INDUa
3 wd tite wmy of die Gwiges made by lieutenint Webbe ib'180I^
4 9Cives to ttfengthen die wdicmtj of both.
5 .It was ftnrmcrly belieT'ed diet the river of Ladauk mm one of die
6 principal streams of the Geiiges, and th«k opinion 'mv iiqpptNrted by
7 the hi^ withoritv of Major Reimei ; but that esuneiit Geo||pnpfaer
8 »eems to have been led to this conclusion by the erroneous acoounte
9 el* the huBUM, and of P. Tiefentaller. Captain Baper and Mi* Webbe
10 were sent on puq)ose to ascertain the souioe of the Ganges, and
11 found it to be in the south-eastern side of Hemalleli ; far to the south
12 of what was formerly supposed *. It was now proved that the river
13 of Ladauk did not flow into the Ganges, but its re;il course remained
14 unknown, till Mr. ^lacartuey ascprtained its junction wit h the Indus
15 near Draus t. From Draus, the Indus pursues its solitary course
16 through a mountainous country, Kttie visited by travellers. Mri
17 Macartney had information to which he gave credit, that a branch
18 separated from the Indus below Draus, and passing tlu oiigh (^ash-
19 meer, formed the principal stream of the Hvdaspes. Though such a
20 separation often occur in champaign countries, as in the instance of
21 the Ganges ; there is some improbability in its taking place in a
22 rapid river, and in a mountainous country: yet even in such situations
23 we sometiiiieB aee riven divided by rocky ialanda; and, whca die 8e»
24 paration is onoe Biade» tliere la na difficult in mqppoaing tbenatnie
25 eiftheooantijtobesochaa tD oontaniieit* At Mnllau, after It baa
26 pasnd thzoagb die mnge Hindoo Cooiii*. the. Indus leeeivea fieaa
27 the north-weat the Abbaaeen* a amaU river whidi riaea in that tn§t
28 about 'one hnndied and twenty mflca o^ and which thend^^ibeiinng
29 Afghanna aecnn fidadfjr to.hanw im^pnedtebediepiindpal ateea^
30 die InduB. It th«i proceeda for fifly milea, through the lower hilla
31 of Hindoo Coodi, to Toibailai where it iaauea into an open eountiyy
32 • See an account of their journey in the eleventh volume of tht> A'^intit- RpMeflrchcK.
33 1 It i»po«abie du^ the ttreaiais which are said to mae from tb« lak« Mamaroor to
34 die MMdi cf the liver of Ladauk, may be die msia etnam of tlie httu.
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