. A system of geography; or, A new & accurate description of the earth in all its empires, kingdoms and states. Illustrated with history and topography, and maps of every country ... t pafles through the Province Multan, where the Rivers Behat and Nilab fallBehacinto its Channel on the Weftern fide; as aIfof/« the Kingdom of Buchoar; where, on the NilabEail, it is united to the Ravey, or Rowey, taken Pltv-by many ancient Authors for Hydasfes, or Hidaj- R^^eyfis, which put a flop to the March of Alexan-^^^-der the Great, and takes in the Hypa/is, before itintermixes its Waters
. A system of geography; or, A new & accurate description of the earth in all its empires, kingdoms and states. Illustrated with history and topography, and maps of every country ... t pafles through the Province Multan, where the Rivers Behat and Nilab fallBehacinto its Channel on the Weftern fide; as aIfof/« the Kingdom of Buchoar; where, on the NilabEail, it is united to the Ravey, or Rowey, taken Pltv-by many ancient Authors for Hydasfes, or Hidaj- R^^eyfis, which put a flop to the March of Alexan-^^^-der the Great, and takes in the Hypa/is, before itintermixes its Waters with the Inda^. A little be-low the Ravey, in the fame Kingdom, and onthe fame fide, the Cattl, or Cotd runs into the lat- Caulter; although (according to M. la Rohhe J xh^ Caul and Ravey, are not joynd with theIndtis, in the Kingdom of Buchr, but higher,where he places the Territories of the the River Indm, continues its Courlethrough the Kingdom of Tatta, and from thencetlirough four, five, or fix Mouths, that hereto-fore were fevcn in Number, into the Gulph, orBay, on which it has imposd its Name. CHAP. CHAP. Modern and Ancient,. T. Hame. t-^1 - - -p tbi^, from Perfens the Son of Andromeda,;-v isjmmcd Farfiflan, or PlMifjlan by the Na-tiits: and ivas callil EUrn by tlie-Hebisws. For-merly the MiHrils of .ihnpft all A^Ay its Empirecx:enJing as far as the Hellefpont. But though itbe ftili a luge Kingdom, its Bounds, are at inuch narrower; Ajfyria, AdeJopDttimia Baby-lonia, -iiic. being cut off and lubjedt to the Turks:£oiliat at prefent its Boundaries are ::ij n. tx-* On the Eaft the Empire of the Great ^(j^W, BamL,whence tlie River Indus divides ir, on the WeftTurley, from which the Rivers EupbrA-es and,7/cr/j- part it; on the North, H\rc/DtiM, orLafpiait^SeA; on the North-Eall, ,or fibnn iepafates it from -Zjja-/.- in Tjr:itn-and on the South, the Gulph ot P^)u, othcr>vifenamd tlie Gulph
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