26 Letters of Sir IV1xi14m Jones to Samver Darts, Esq. 
Hindu Astrolabe, would be interesting. I hope soon to send you drawings 
of all the Indian Constellations ; to the number, says Wilford, of 150. 
Lady Jones presents you with her best compliments and I am, dear Sir, 
Your faithful 
& affect® Serv‘ 
W. JONES. 
XXXIII. 
Bandell 19 Oct. 1793 
My dear Sir, 
As I am every day obliged to press my weak eyes almost beyond their 
strength, and as you promise us the pleasure of seeing you some time in 
November, I will only trouble you at present with a little botanical com- 
mission. One of the most famous Indian trees is named Tamdla AHIMA: 
but, in all this province, there is only a single Tamala-tree, growing at 
Gwédlabhim, or Gwdélapir (1 think the former pronounced Gwawla boom), 
about two days’ journey from the town of Burdwan : now, if this rare tree 
should lie in your way to the south, and if it should be in blossom, I shall 
thank you heartily for some of the flowers; if not, for some of its leaves 
on a small branch; the leaves are said to be almost black, and rather 
fragrant: all the Pandit Brahmens know it. A model of the observatory 
at Benares will, no doubt, be a great ornament to the room where the 
Society meet, or to any room on earth. I forget whether I asked your 
opinion on the question: “ Are the Hindu astronomers able to make a re- 
“ trospective calculation of the places of the heavenly bodies at the be- 
“ ginning of the Caliyug, with that extreme accuracy which is ascribed to 
“¢ their tables ?’—but these matters we will talk over, when we meet. 
Lady Jones will embark in the Princess Amelia, and I hope to follow her 
in two years at farthest : she presents you with her best remembrance ; and 
I am, dear Sir, 
Your ever faithful 
W. JONES. 
XXXIV. 
Febr. 1794 
My dear Sir, CR OEE, 
You gave us hopes, when you left us, of seeing you soon at Calcutta ; 
and, if you should be here on the 20" of this month, I shall be happy in 
