or Crishna, an eastern river of considerable magnitude, very little known to Europeans. It annually overflows a vast tract of country, like the Indus on the western side of the empire. It rises from the foot of the western Ghauts, about 45 miles from Severndroog. There is another branch to the east, on which side is Satara, a strong fortress, and once the capital of the Mahratta state. The river continues descending to the east. Into the north side of the Krishna falls the great river Bima, after traversing a country 350 miles in extent. The Krishna, above and below its confluence with the Bima, is fordable; and its channel is 600 yards wide a few miles below, rendered horrible by the number and rudeness of the different rocks, which are only covered during the rainy season.

Another extensive branch of the Krishna is Tung-

buddha, which falls into it in Lat. 16° 23', and rises far to the southward from a dubious fountain. This river derives considerable celebrity from its having had on its banks at one period the splendid city of Vijanagar, in Lat. 15° 22", founded in 1344 by Belaldeo, king of the Carnatic, which at that time comprehended the whole peninsula. This vast city is said to have been 24 miles in circumference. In the remaining part of the course of the Krishna, there is nothing to be met with which is any way remarkable.