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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 Excerpt:...Hindus, those omens which occur upon the left side are unpropitious. 75. „The Rajahansas, desirous of going to the lake Manasa, shall accompany thee as far as Kailasa, having laid in their provisions from the new shoots of the filaments of the stalk of the lotus." This is the closer reading of the text. Kailasa is, properly speaking, a mythological mountain; but the name is also applied to the lofty range that runs parallel with the Himalaya, on the north of that chain. The lake Manasa lies between the two ranges: and it is quite true, that it is the especial resort of the wild grey goose at the beginning of the rainy season; „Those birds finding in the rocks bordering on the lake an agreeable and safe asylum, when the swell of the rivers in the rains and the inundation of the plains conceal their usual food." Moorcroft's Journey to Mänasarovara: Asiatic Researches, XII. 466. The Rajahansa is described as a kind of goose with white body and red legs and bill; whence Mr. Ellis affirms that it is properly applicable to the Phcenicopteros or flamingo. Asiatic Researches, XXV. 28, note, F6X-Short be thy farewell to this hill addressed; This hill with Rama's holy feet imprest; Thine ancient friend, whose scorching sorrows mourn Thy frequent absence and delayed return. 80 Yet ere thine ear can drink what love inspires, The lengthened way my guiding aid requires Oft on whose path full many a lofty hill Shall ease thy toils, and many a cooling rill. 84 Rise from these streams, and seek the upper sky; Then to the north with daring pinions fly. The beauteous Sylphs shall mark thee with amaze, As backward bent thou strik'st their upward gaze, 88 In doubt if by the gale abruptly torn, Some mountain-peak along the air is borne. The ponderous E...