24 Letters from Sir Witt1am Jones to Samvrrt Darts, Esq. 
all the Greek and Roman names as far as he had been able to ascertain 
them. Would it not therefore be better to exhibit the asterisms according 
to the true places of the stars, but with the old Hindu figures of the con- 
stellations and the Sanscrit names? ‘There can be no relying on the Indian 
draughtsman: but you will find, in the Sanscrit verses, a short account of 
the parts of each constellation, in which there are distinguished stars, be- 
sides the yéga. I have requested Wilford to send me all the legends con- 
cerning the Hindu asterisms and their ydégas ; and I expect to find much 
curious matter in them. By the way, his Essay on Egypt and the Nile 
from the Purdns, &c. will appear at full length with this curious map, 
in the 3° Vol. of our Transactions, which will be published, I hope, next 
January ; but I hope you will find some other motive for visiting Calcutta 
before next autumn, when I shall see you, I trust, in my way to Ma?’hura. 
Lady Jones thanks you heartily for your kind wishes, and would be most 
happy if she could accompany me next year to Bhagalpur ; but I am really 
apprehensive, that another hot season in Bengal would weaken her delicate 
constitution irrecoverably. India agrees with me so well, that if it were 
not for her sake, I would not leave it even in 1795; but I cannot persuade 
myself that a dissolution of our Asiatick Society will be the consequence 
of my departure, while you are constantly making discoveries in astro- 
nomy, Wilford in geography, and others in different branches of natural 
history. In the rural retirement, which I meditate on my return to Eng- 
land, I shall always be able to contribute something; and perhaps more 
effectually than here, because better engravers may be found in London 
than in Calcutta: I hope, in short, to see the 4° volume printed before I 
leave India, and the 14" at least, before I leave this world. 
I am, dear Sir, 
Your ever faithful 
and obedt Serv! 
W. JONES. 
XXX. 
Gardens near Calcutta. 
My dear Sir, 24 Dec. 1792. 
Having but this instant discovered that a printed copy of your valuable 
paper has not been sent to you, [ enclose it in great haste, requesting you 
