CONTENTS.                                      II

CHAPTER XVIII.

VARIOUS NOTES ON THEIR COUNTRY, THEIR RIVERS, AND THEIR
OCEAN—ITINERARIES OF THE DISTANCES BETWEEN THEIR
SEVERAL KINGDOMS, AND BETWEEN THE BOUNDARIES OP
THEIR COUNTRY.

CHAPTER  XIX..

ON   THE  NAMES  OP  THE  PLANETS,   THE  SIGNS  OP   THE  ZODIAC,
THE  LUNAR STATIONS,  AND  RELATED  SUBJECTS.

CHAPTER  XX.                                           Page 6.

ON  THE BRAHMANDA.

CHAPTER XXL

DESCRIPTION OF EARTH AND HEAVEN ACCORDING TO THE
RELIGIOUS VIEWS OP THE HINDUS, BASED UPON THEIR
TRADITIONAL  LITERATURE.

CHAPTER XXII.

TRADITIONS RELATING TO  THE POLE.
CHAPTER  XXIIL

ON  MOUNT  MERU  ACCORDING  TO   THE   BELIEF   OP   THE  AUTHORS
OP  THE PURANAS  AND  OP  OTHERS.

CHAPTER XXIV.

TRADITIONS OF THE PURANAS REGARDING EACH OP THE SEVEN
DViPAS.

CHAPTER XXV.

ON  THE RIVERS  OF  INDIA,  THEIR  SOURCES  AND  COURSES.

CHAPTER  XXVI.

ON   THE   SHAPE   OF    HEAVEN   AND   EARTH   ACCORDING   TO   THE
HINDU  ASTRONOMERS.

CHAPTER  XXVII.

ON THE FIRST TWO MOTIONS OP THE UNIVERSE (THAT FROM
BAST TO WEST ACCORDING TO ANCIENT ASTRONOMERS, AND
THE PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES) BOTH ACCORDING TO
THE HINDU ASTRONOMERS AND THE AUTHORS OP THE
PURANAS.