a large river of Hindustan, flowing from the Himalaya Mountains, and falling into the Ganges. Its source is presumed to be in the territories of a native chief, named the Moostang Rajah, now tributary to the Rajah of Nepaul. After a course of about 200 miles, it sweeps round the base of the Muddar Mountain, where the river is perfectly clear, and broader than the Thames at Chelsea, with banks of abrupt rocks alternating with levels covered with stately forests. In the upper part of its course the river is called Salgrami, from a curious species of stones found in its bed and held sacred by the inhabitants. They are mostly round, and perforated in one or more places with worms, which the Hindus, in their degraded superstition, believe to have been done by Vishnu in the form of that reptile; and the stones are prized in proportion to the number of perforations or spiral curves in each. These stones are called Salgrams. A few grains of gold are occasionally separated from the sand of the Gunduck. From the Muddar Mountain the course of the river is in a south-easterly direction for the further distance of 200 miles, when it falls into the Ganges, at the town of Hajeepoor, opposite the city of Patna, in N. Lat. 25° 39', W. Long. 85° 16'.