The Brahmans are not ignorant that the sea, under the equator, is much salter than towards the poles; but they explain this physical phenomenon by a very ridiculous fable, for they say that _Cashyaba_, one of their _Munis_ (who is nothing else than the star which we call _Canopus_), lets his urine fall into the sea under the equator, which is never the case in the neighbourhood of the north pole. The real cause why it was established by the all-wise Creator of the world, that the sea at the equator should contain a greater quantity of salt than elsewhere, and that it should be exposed to greater agitation from its flux and reflux, and also from strong currents, winds and storms, was undoubtedly to prevent the atmosphere from being corrupted and impregnated with infectious vapours in so hot a climate, and to render that part of the world as agreeable a residence for man as either of the poles, where, on account of the severity of the cold, no corruption can take place. The principal and most remarkable rivers in India are the _Ganga_ or _Ganges_; the _Sindhu_, which the Europeans very improperly call the _Indus_; the _Jamunà_, called improperly also by the Greeks and the Romans the _Jomanes_, or _Djemma_; the _Rèvà_; the _Sharavadi_; the _Vaitravadi_; the _Ciandrabbàga_; the _Sarayuvà_; the _Sarasuadi_; the _Devi_ or _Deva_; the _Caveri_, and the _Collàru_. All these Samscredo-Indian appellations have been corrupted by foreigners. Those not acquainted with the original languages of India must be much bewildered when they cast their eye on the maps of India. To be convinced that the above names have been totally disfigured, one needs only look at D’Anville’s _Antiquités Géographiques de l’Inde_, or Tiefenthaler’s and Rennel’s maps.